Facebook internal development started out on Subversion with a Git mirror but switched to Mercurial for source code […]
  • Facebook does not use Git due to scale issues with their large monorepo, instead opting for Mercurial.
  • Mercurial may be a better option for large monorepos, but Git has made improvements to support them better.
  • Despite some drawbacks, Git usage remains dominant with 93.87% share, due to familiarity, additional tools, and industry trends.
  • morrowind@lemmy.ml
    161·
    5 months ago

    And kinda horrifying. If something goes wrong, no Google, it’s straight to IT

    • computergeek125@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      There’s probably specific ticket queues and wiki/doc spaces for each support team.

      Problem with an app? Send it to the internal dev/support team. Then if needed it gets routed.