Why Facebook does not use Git – and why most other devs do • DEVCLASS - eviltoast
Facebook internal development started out on Subversion with a Git mirror but switched to Mercurial for source code […]
  • Facebook does not use Git due to scale issues with their large monorepo, instead opting for Mercurial.
  • Mercurial may be a better option for large monorepos, but Git has made improvements to support them better.
  • Despite some drawbacks, Git usage remains dominant with 93.87% share, due to familiarity, additional tools, and industry trends.
  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
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    4 months ago

    No. They are not renumbered. Your 11 is always the same commit. It’s consistent locally (which is what I mean by “local only”) otherwise they’d change under your feet. You just can’t share them with others and expect the same results. You have to use the hash for that.