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Mohamedjcali / aya

aya

A minimalist version control system with fewer than 6 commands, offering a straightforward alternative to Git.

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
55GitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

A minimalist version control system with fewer than 6 commands, offering a straightforward alternative to Git.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-07-06 11:45:26 UTC to 2024-07-06 13:16:18 UTC.

012024-07-06 11:00:00 UTC to 2024-07-06 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJul 6, 11:002024-07-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-07-06 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJul 6, 12:002024-07-06 13:00:00 UTC to 2024-07-06 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 6, 13:00

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Jul 6, 11:002024-07-06 11:00:00 UTC2024-07-06 12:00:00 UTC110
Jul 6, 12:002024-07-06 12:00:00 UTC2024-07-06 13:00:00 UTC000
Jul 6, 13:002024-07-06 13:00:00 UTC2024-07-06 14:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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> Here's an example of a confusing error in Git that you won't encounter in Aya: > > ! [rejected] main -> main (fetch first) error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/Mohamedjcali/aya' > > hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not > > hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to > > hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use > > hint: 'git pull' before pushing again. > > hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. 1. So you don’t see it in Aya, why? Because it just doesn’t check, or because there’s a more sophisticated way to fix discrepancies like this in large codebases? 2. I really don’t understand how this error can be confusing. The only times I’ve seen someone be confused by this is because they di
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dn’t actually read the error, but got an unexpected message and immediately gets their senior (me) to read it for them…
In Aya: A minimalist version control system with fewer than 6 commands

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