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Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge

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752 points crazypython | 1 comments | 06 Mar 21 21:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.196s | source
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Klwohu ◴[06 Mar 21 21:41 UTC] No.26370770[source]▶
Problematic name, could become a millstone on the neck of the developer far into the future.
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maest ◴[06 Mar 21 21:41 UTC] No.26370781[source]▶
It was most likely picked as an analogy to "git".
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1. gerdesj ◴[06 Mar 21 22:26 UTC] No.26371086[source]▶
Dolt and git are closer to synonymous rather than analogous.