Anthropic abandons Git for its custom Scion system to handle 30,000 daily code merges. Discover how this server-side version control boosts performance.

#Anthropic #Scion #VersionControl #AI #Git

https://dailytechnow.com/anthropic-abandons-git-custom-scion-system/

Anthropic developed the Scion version control system to replace Git for its massive monorepo and high-frequency Claude AI coding workflows.

#Anthropic #Scion #Git #VersionControl #ArtificialIntelligence

https://securityonline.info/anthropic-scion-version-control/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#Git compatible version control system #GameOfTrees version 0.130 has been released.

This version adds server-side support for SHA256 repositories and defaults to SHA256 for newly created repositories.

We will be upgrading our @gothub hosting service to this version soon.

https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html

Our transparently funded #GIt hosting service now defaults to SHA256 repositories.

All our hosted VMs have been updated to #GameOfTrees 0.130. Changelog: https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html#2026-10-14

Details about our support for SHA256 repositories can be found in our latest community update at #OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/gothub/updates/the-game-of-trees-hub-now-defaults-to-sha256-git-repositories

Scion: schlanke Git-Alternative von Anthropic für agentische Workflows

Anthropic stellt mit Scion eine serverbasierte Git-Alternative vor. Agenten sind immer online und verursachen eine enorme Last, sodass Git an seine Grenzen kam.

https://www.heise.de/news/Scion-schlanke-Git-Alternative-von-Anthropic-fuer-agentische-Workflows-11488979.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Anthropic #Git #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Softwareentwicklung #Versionskontrolle #news

4 Strategies for Context Switching in Git:
1 - stash + branch
2 - WIP commit + branch
3 - new repository clone
4 - Git worktrees
Detailed article by Olaf Alders @oalders #Git https://www.olafalders.com/2024/01/09/git-context-switching/

Anthropic Is Rethinking Source Control for the Age of AI Coding Agents

As AI coding agents accelerate software development, traditional developer infrastructure is becoming a new bottleneck. Anthropic’s latest engineering post reveals how it tackled this challenge by building Scion, an internal version control system designed for massive repositories and agent-driven development.

Key highlights:

• 10x increase in code output: Anthropic went from approximately 2,500 merged code changes per day in May 2026 to more than 30,000 by September.

• Built in just five months: A team of seven engineers developed Scion, a new code review platform, and related tooling while migrating away from Git for its massive monorepo.

• 200x smaller infrastructure footprint: Scion significantly reduced CPU and memory requirements compared with the previous Git mirroring infrastructure.

• Dramatically faster CI: Code checkouts became up to 100 times faster, with CI alone gaining 25% in CPU capacity.

• Engineers remain essential: AI handles much of the implementation, but human expertise is still critical for architecture, design tradeoffs, enforcing system constraints, and reviewing changes.

• New approaches to security and operations: Scion introduces granular access controls, automated testing, and AI-assisted monitoring to support development at unprecedented scale.

The biggest takeaway: AI-assisted development isn’t just about writing code faster. It changes the demands placed on version control, code review, CI/CD, security, and infrastructure.

Most organizations don’t need to replace Git today. However, engineering leaders should start evaluating whether their development pipelines are ready for a future where AI agents generate and merge code at a much higher rate than human teams alone.

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #DevOps #Git #Claude #CloudEngineering #EngineeringLeadership

https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/redesigning-source-control

24 Sicherheitslücken in GitLab geschlossen

Angreifer können an mehreren Schwachstellen in GitLab Community Edition und Enterprise Edition ansetzen.

https://www.heise.de/news/24-Sicherheitsluecken-in-GitLab-geschlossen-11485669.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Git #IT #Patchday #Security #Sicherheitslücken #Updates #news

Claude Run is now public. Run `claude --print` to automate tasks. Works with #YouTrack #Forgejo and #github.

- The `youtrack` action queries YouTrack for work, clones the repo (pulled from YouTrack VCS settings), write the code and submits a PR.
- Automerge will monitor the PR and merge it when all checks pass.
- Webhook triage will analyze failed CI runs.
- Webhook comment acts on `/claude` messages, providing easy #mergeconflict resolution, #codereview etc.

Claude Run is best for #spec_driven_development . Write the spec; Claude Run does the rest.

#ai #automation #claude #claude_code #git #code #vibe #vibe_coding

https://dev.a8n.run/psa-systems/claude-run

it was a fun challenge creating last week' app icon for @cjk's Gitte! "A simple Git client for @gnome"

check out all my recent app icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

and if you want to help sponsor the effort:
https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors

thank you. 😊

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #foss #opensource #git #programming

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The new icon for Gitte in GNOME style on a brown background. A vibrant yellow bell with edged in markings going around it looking like a Git commit graph.

Making some minor tweaks (mostly visual) to my static site generator for #git (grubby!) https://git.btxx.org/grubby

No longer listing out repeat files under the same directory. They are now grouped under a single instance:

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Screenshot showing the visual differences between the grubby static site generator files list before and after these latest changes.

Qt 6.12 LTS brings CRA compliance, QML hot reload, Qt Canvas Painter and HarmonyOS support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/qt-6-12-lts-brings-cra-compliance-qml-hot-reload-qt-canvas-painter-and-harmonyos-support/

Qt Creator 21 Beta now includes Qt Profiler and Git navigation views:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/qt-creator-21-beta-now-includes-qt-profiler-and-git-navigation-views/

Git 2.56 Adds New Options for Cleaning Up Branches and Resolving Conflicts:
https://9to5linux.com/git-2-56-adds-new-options-for-cleaning-up-branches-and-resolving-conflicts

Gitea drops legacy versioning with major 28.0 release and adds audit logging, bot accounts:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/gitea-drops-legacy-versioning-with-major-28-0-release-and-adds-audit-logging-bot-accounts/

Python 3.15.0rc3 Release Candidate Announced: Stable Release Set for October 9, 2026:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/python-3150rc3-release-candidate-announced-stable-release-set-for-october-9-2026/

Rust 1.99.0 Ships with Stable C-Variadic Functions:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/rust-1990-ships-with-stable-cvariadic-functions/

Tcl/Tk 9.1 adds accessibility, Unicode and timer commands:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/tcl-tk-9-1-adds-accessibility-unicode-and-timer-commands/

EDG C/C++ Front-End Open-Sourced:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/EDG-CPP-Open-Sourced

DigitalOcean Quietly Ends Open Source Credits Program:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17486227/digitalocean-open-source-credits-end

Incus 7.5.1 fixes 11 security issues and adds OVN child networks:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/incus-7-5-1-fixes-11-security-issues-and-adds-ovn-child-networks/

OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now:
https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-3-is-out-as-another-security-patch-release-update-now

Nginx CGI v0.15.2 Fixes Request Hangs and Memory-Safety Bug:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nginx-cgi-v0152-fixes-request-hangs-and-memorysafety-bug/

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.69 Released: No New CVEs, Focus on Hardening:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/apache-http-server-2469-released-no-new-cves-focus-on-hardening/

OpenTofu 1.13 adds Windows ARM64 and planning functions:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/opentofu-1-13-adds-windows-arm64-and-planning-functions/
(Yeah, I opened a box of tofu, it was for today's lunch. Asian food da best)

OpenProject 17.9 turns document notes into linked tasks:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/openproject-17-9-turns-document-notes-into-linked-tasks/

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#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Qt #QtCreator #Git #Gitea #Python #Rust #TclTk #Tcl #EDG #CPlusPlus #DigitalOcean #Incus #OpenSSL #Nginx #Apache #OpenTofu #OpenProject #Dev #FosseryTech

Some of #Radicle team will be in #Berlin Oct 5 with talks about distributed source/git forges.

Join if you can and have an interest!

More details: https://radicle.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/409174-Announcements/topic/Radicle.20team.20in.20Berlin/with/628674870

#meetup #programming #git #opensource #foss

I may or may not be tweaking my own fork of a static site generator for #git repos... 👀

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Screenshot of a crude WIP website of static rendering of a git repo

TIL: automatically signing Git commits and adding signoffs

https://bouvier.cc/tech/gpg-signing-signoffs/

#GPG #signoff #git #lazygit #TIL

Pushin.eu is a European-based #Git hosting platform that ensures code remains within the #EU to avoid foreign legal reach like the CLOUD Act. The service is currently in an invite-only beta phase with general availability planned for early 2027. The project aims to provide developers with a reliable, human-centric alternative to global competitors.

https://pushin.eu/

#git #eu #github #datasovereignty

I just released the new version of **git-cliff**! 📢🥳

⛰️ Turn your Git history into custom release notes!

💯 Markdown formatting, built-in templates, smarter version bumps & more!

✨ Highlights: https://git-cliff.org/blog/2.14.0

🦀 GitHub: https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff

#rustlang #commandline #changelog #generation #automation #cli #git

Package manager pnpm 12 speeds itself up with Rust

With the release of the pnpm package manager to version 12 in Rust, the first benchmarks are now showing gains of up to 90 percent.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Package-manager-pnpm-12-speeds-itself-up-with-Rust-11436496.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Benchmark #Git #IT #JavaScript #Linux #Rust #news

Paketmanager pnpm 12 beschleunigt sich selbst mit Rust

Mit der Veröffentlichung des Paketmanagers pnpm auf Version 12 in Rust gibt es nun die ersten Benchmarks, die Gewinne von bis zu 90 Prozent zeigen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Paketmanager-pnpm-12-beschleunigt-sich-selbst-mit-Rust-11436339.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Benchmark #Git #IT #JavaScript #Linux #Rust #news

Easier code reviews in the terminal!

🐛 **critter** — a GitHub-style code review TUI

💯 Read diffs, leave inline comments, review PRs or send feedback

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/andyhmltn/critter

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #codereview #git #terminal

Today I was having to work on a React project on #Windows. This endeavour is cursed. So cursed, that I fear the best solution will be to use Docker.

For example, I created a .gitignore file in #PowerShell with:
echo "node_modules/" > .gitignore , which created a file containing the expected text.

But it didn't work, and then tried to stage 853 Node packages. Lost half an hour until discovering that this creates a file encoded as UTF-16LE, which #git can't read, and needs it encoded as UTF-8, which is what most other tools I've encountered write by default. .npmrc has the same problem.

Ever wanted to review your changes like a pull request? 👀

🌀 **drift** — A TUI for reviewing everything changed from your base branch

💯 Review committed + uncommitted changes together, inspect code-aware diffs & track files

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/tothalex/drift

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #git #codereview #devtools #opensource

How many Git repos do you have sitting half-finished?

🚢 **drydock** — Track uncommitted/unpushed/unreleased work across your repositories

💯 Instantly see what's dirty, what needs pushing and what's ready for a release

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/yetidevworks/drydock

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #git #terminal #devtools #opensource

Git worktrees deserve a TUI too! 🐀

🌳 **gwm** — Git worktree manager with TUI workflows

⚡ Native libgit2 worktree ops, multi-repo mode, bootstrap hooks, daemon support & safety-first cleanup.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/kbrdn1/gwm-cli

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #git #worktrees #devtools #terminal

New blog post: "Write better commit messages"

One of the most valuable things that I was taught as a software developer, is to write “good” Git commit messages.
Obviously “good” is very subjective, so let me dive into it a bit.
I want to explain what I think a “good” message is, but also why I think it’s relevant that you write a good message.
[...]

https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/tech/write-better-commit-messages/

#Blog #BlogPost #SmallWeb #Git

well I'm not into football but...

https://gitfut.com/orhun

#git #github #stats #opensource

Watch git diff while the code is changing! 🤯

👁️ **livediff** — A real-time diff viewer for the terminal

💯 Watch file changes live as generators, formatters, migrations & refactors modify your code

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/SoCkEt7/Livediff

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #git #terminal #devtools #opensource

[$] AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

The Arch User Repository (AUR) has been subjected to a sustained attack recently. The attacker, or attackers, have spun up a series of new accounts then used them to adopt orphaned [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/ #LWN #Linux #ArchLinux #Rust #Git #Firefox

Abbaye is a Static Site Generator (#SSG) for your #software releases, for those of us who can't or won't use a full-featured software forge.

This release simply fixes some minor issues and introduces #git branch/tag inclusion/exclusion when building the browsable repository as well as the https-cloneable one.

I had some work-in-progress branches on another project and wanted to publish a release for a small fix, and i saw that my work branches were still there, so… there you have it.

This release also includes an #AUR package but shhhhh! it's not 100% ready yet :D

Anyway, enjoy this release with abbaye self-update!

Here's Abbaye's 0.7.1 page, as built with Abbaye itself: https://vit.am/~ololduck/abbaye/0.7.1/

For the next release, i plan to add artifact categories so we can present artifacts in a more structured way. If you look at the "downloads" section, you'll see it's starting to be a bit crowded and unclear what does what.

#Rust #SmallWeb #Rustlang #StaticSiteGenerator