Two coding agents editing the same issue, no merge conflict. Here is how git refs make that work
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Solving merge conflicts for AI coding agents is novel and directly relevant to AI-assisted SDLC.
Grite embeds an issue tracker inside a git repository as an append-only CRDT event log stored in a git ref, enabling multiple AI coding agents to edit the same issue concurrently without merge conflicts. The system uses a BLAKE2b content-addressed write-ahead log (WAL) in `refs/grite/wal`, a sled-based materialized view for fast queries (~10ms for 1,000 issues), and optional Ed25519 signing per event for provenance. Each agent gets an isolated sled database, and the WAL branches/merges with git, eliminating external dependencies and state file pollution.