Comment by ezoe
1 month ago
It seems to me that this is just an issue of diff features. Git can extended to show semantic diff of binary files and it doesn't technically need a completely new VCS.
As git became the most popular VCS right now and it continues to do so for foreseeable future, I don't think incompatibility with git is a good design choice.
Indeed, if lix were to target code version controlling, incompatibility with git is a “dead on arrival” situation.
But, Lix use case is not version controlling code.
It’s embedding version control in applications. Hence, the reason why lix runs within SQL databases. Apps have databases. Lix runs of top of them.
The benefit for the developer is a version control system within their database, and exposing version control to users.