DoltLite hits beta: Git branch and merge for drop-in SQLite
A drop-in for Python's sqlite3 that adds commit, branch and merge — built almost entirely by AI agents. Plus GitHub Copilot's billing and chat shake-up.
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Version control, inside the database
DoltLite swaps SQLite's B-tree storage for a content-addressed prolly tree, so one .db file gains dolt_commit, dolt_branch, dolt_merge and dolt_diff_<table> — three-way, row-level merges with conflict detection, plus clone/push to remotes over the filesystem or HTTP.
Drop-in for anything that speaks sqlite3
pip install doltlite and Python's standard sqlite3 module — including SQLAlchemy sqlite:/// URLs — transparently gains history and branching with no code changes. Apache-2.0, with prebuilt wheels for macOS ARM64 and Linux x86_64/aarch64.
Built by ~2,000 agent PRs — validate before you trust it
DoltHub says the fork was assembled largely through roughly 2,000 AI-agent pull requests, a live proof point for agent-built infrastructure. It's still alpha/beta: top Hacker News comments flag the lack of WAL and urge heavy validation before putting real data behind the new storage internals.
Elsewhere: GitHub Copilot reshuffles billing and chat
From Sept 1, new Copilot Business/Enterprise seats must be paid before users get access (existing customers Oct 1). On Sept 28, cloud-agent, github.com and mobile chat merge into one experience, chat history starts persisting for your account's lifetime (up from 28 days), and code-review effort defaults from Lite to Balanced.
Elsewhere: MiniMax H3 video is half-price on Vercel's gateway
Through Sept 13, MiniMax's H3 video-generation models are 50% off via Vercel AI Gateway — a cheap window to prototype text-to-video through one API key instead of a direct MiniMax account.