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by goku12 857 days ago
Here is what I found based on your lead ("real SCM", from 17 Apr 2005):

> That was really what I always personally saw "git" as, just the plumbing beneath the surface. For example, something like arch, which is based on "patches and tar-balls" (I think darcs is similar in that respect), could use git as a _hell_ of a better "history of tar-balls".

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504170916080.7211...

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Nice, yes, I think this is what I was remembering. Good find!