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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: 0s | source
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jonnycomputer ◴[07 Mar 21 00:31 UTC] No.26371921[source]▶
Naive question here. Aside from it being mysql, what is different here than just using git + sqlite.

Update: When I posted, I'd forgotten that SQLite db file is a binary. Not sure what I was thinking.

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bargle0 ◴[07 Mar 21 00:34 UTC] No.26371938[source]▶
Merging a SQLite database is challenging.
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1. justinclift ◴[07 Mar 21 00:42 UTC] No.26371985[source]▶
We do it on DBHub.io. :)

If you're into Go, these are the commits where the pieces were hooked together.

* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/dbhub.io/commit/6c40e051ff7...

* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/dbhub.io/commit/989ee0d08e6...