# Patch based version control

**URL:** https://discourse.pijul.org/t/patch-based-version-control/513
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/patch-based-version-control/513 "2020-07-20T22:39:50Z")
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### Author: ![no\_identd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.pijul.org/no_identd/32/126_2.png) [@no\_identd](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/no_identd)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/patch-based-version-control/513/6 "2020-07-22T15:44:49Z")

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Welp, so much for that idea. Why? Cuz:

> [@Nested grouping of commits?](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/nested-grouping-of-commits/279/6):
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> I don’t want that feature anymore. Two improvements have made it redundant: (1) a canonical text representation of patches in the new Pijul, and (2) arbitrary metadata fields in the patches.

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