CVCSs are commonly used for monorepos and large repositories. The most popular FOSS option is Subversion, although it may not be favored by all programmers and users. Perforce is another option, but it is a proprietary system.

  • @xoggy
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    710 months ago

    What is it you need that a centralized version control system offers that a distributed version control system doesn’t? For instance you could use git or pijul for a monorepo.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      210 months ago

      Ability to clone only certain parts of a repo. Git has shallow and partial clones, but they don’t feel like the right tool for large/mono repos.

      • Lung
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        410 months ago

        Git provides subtree (and submodules) which enable this with some planning