East River details a post-Git storage engine that still speaks Git

The Brooklyn startup is using Git compatibility as the migration layer for Jujutsu and agent-heavy monorepos.

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Primary source: East River Source Control

Why it matters

AI coding agents multiply clones, branches and concurrent changes. East River is betting the durable opportunity sits beneath the agent interface, in the storage system every tool must trust.

An intricate digital illustration showing a glowing bridge of data connecting an abstract green Git system to a complex blue and violet post-Git monorepo architecture.

East River Source Control, the Brooklyn source-control startup founded by Benjamin Brittain and David Barsky, published a technical manifesto on September 11th describing its architecture: keep Git at the network edge, replace the Git repository underneath, and use that storage layer as a bridge to Jujutsu.…

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