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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 | 3 comments | 06 Mar 21 21:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jrumbut ◴[06 Mar 21 22:08 UTC] No.26370975[source]▶
It's amazing this isn't a standard feature. The database world seems to have focused on large, high volume, globally distributed databases. Presumably you would't version clickstream or IoT sensor data.

Features like this that are only feasible below a certain scale are underdeveloped and I think there's opportunity there.

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1. 101008 ◴[06 Mar 21 22:58 UTC] No.26371310[source]▶
Isnt the mysql log journal* what you are looking for?

* I dont remember the exact name but I refer the feature that is used to replicate actions if there was an error.

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2. fiedzia ◴[07 Mar 21 01:13 UTC] No.26372159[source]▶
No. Relational DB logs are kept for short time, and do not allow for branching/merging. And even if you would store full log since day 1, the only way to check state of database at some point would be to start from scratch and reply everything to desired point. For any sizeable db, that's not practical.
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