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Protocol Review: Version Control
Version control is the system that decides whether change becomes real.
In the old world it looked like a cabinet: one master copy, a small class with the keys, coherence in exchange for queues, gatekeeping, and politics. Git flipped the geometry: anyone can write history; the power moved to selection at merge points. Linus put it bluntly: centralized repos create “commit access…a huge psychological barrier…endless hours of politics.”
Distributed makes it simpler: “everybody has commit access…nobody cares…it’s your copy.” The new pressure isn’t speed; it’s comprehension.
LLMs can flood repos with plausible diffs faster than humans can read, review, or defend. The record stays perfect while meaning drains out.
Next layer won’t replace Git—it’ll sit above it: systems that manage attention, trust, and responsibility when “version” stops being a thing you can hold in your head.
https://open.substack.com/pub/npcmemo/p/protocol-review-version-control?r=1bqyd&utm_medium=ios
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