Anthropic develops internal code tool to replace Git
The company says its system, called Scion, is too specialized for outside teams, while it reported merging 30,000 code changes daily as of September.
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What happened
Anthropic moved away from Git after AI agents broke it. The company built a replacement, Scion, with help from its Claude AI model. Anthropic says Scion is too specialized to release to other teams.
Why it matters
The company says its code change volume rose twelvefold in four months, reaching 30,000 changes per day by September.
Timeline
- Oct 14, 12:08 PM ET: Anthropic says it was merging 30,000 code changes per day as of September, a 12-fold increase from four months earlier.
- Oct 14, 5:08 PM ET: Anthropic is reported to have dropped Git after AI agents broke it.
- Oct 15, 10:12 AM ET: Anthropic says its Scion replacement is too specialized to release for other teams.
Coverage
- Anthropic built its own git replacement for AI-scale coding. But you can’t have it. (thenewstack.io)
- Anthropic Dumped Git After AI Agents Broke It; Now Nothing in Software Is Safe (BigGo Finance)
- Anthropic Scion: 30,000 Code Merges a Day Explained (tech-insider.org)
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