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Jujutsu Version Control Creator Martin von Zweigbergk Joins ERSC as CTO
Key points
- Martin von Zweigbergk is the new CTO of East River Source Control.
- He created Jujutsu, an open-source version control system with 30,000 GitHub stars.
- ERSC is developing new version control platforms for large-scale code management.
- von Zweigbergk will continue maintaining Jujutsu as an open-source project.
New CTO Appointment
East River Source Control (ERSC) announced the appointment of Martin von Zweigbergk as its new Chief Technology Officer. In this role, von Zweigbergk will be responsible for leading the engineering efforts behind the company's next-generation version control platforms. This move aims to enhance ERSC's technical capabilities in managing complex source code needs.
Background of Martin von Zweigbergk
von Zweigbergk is known as the creator of Jujutsu (JJ), an open-source version control system launched in late 2019, which has garnered over 30,000 stars on GitHub and is licensed under Apache 2.0. Prior to Jujutsu, he worked at Google on Fig, a Mercurial client that provided a distributed workflow for Google engineers using the Piper monorepo. He also contributed to Git, which is widely used in the industry.
ERSC's Vision for Version Control
East River Source Control, founded in 2025 and backed by Amplify Partners, is developing tools to manage the increasing demands of source code management and collaboration, especially as AI reshapes the software industry. The company's ERSC Storage product is scheduled to enter private beta later this month. von Zweigbergk stated that while Jujutsu improves local version control, the remote server layer, often Git, faces scalability limits, necessitating changes to the storage layer.
Continued Open-Source Involvement
Despite his new role at ERSC, Martin von Zweigbergk will continue his involvement with Jujutsu. He will remain a core maintainer of the JJ project, ensuring its ongoing development as an open-source project under the Apache 2.0 license.
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Reporting from
Martin von Zweigbergk, the creator of the Jujutsu version control system, has been appointed Chief Technology Officer at East River Source Control (ERSC). He will lead engineering for ERSC's next-generation version control platforms, aiming to address scalability issues in source code management, particularly with the impact of AI on software development.