leX — A Lightweight Version Control System in C++

leX is a minimal, high-performance version control system built in C++ to handle efficient file tracking, staging, and snapshotting without external dependencies.

Features

• Custom .lex object store
• SHA-1 based content hashing
• Blob creation and compression via zlib
• Staging area with an index file
• File status detection (modified, new, deleted)
• Recursive directory scanning
• Commit structure design in progress

Why?

To learn how VCS stores objects, builds commits, and tracks file changes — by rebuilding it from scratch in C++.

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