Vision

Git: edit → stage → commit → push → branch → PR → merge. barocss-hub: edit → operation → synchronize → converge. History, checkpoints, review, and restore still exist, but synchronization does not depend on PRs or merges. The repository is a replicated data structure. It is not a Git wrapper and not an editor disguised as a VCS.

Direction B: online-first (decided, D-048)

• The repository is still a replicated data structure, and synchronization still never depends on PRs or merges. What changed is where the replicas live: an always-on server is the authoritative replica, and humans and AI agents work through thin clients (partial replicas) or the server API, sending ops in real time.
• Convergence is unchanged: the CRDT op model decides every result, so there is no merge and no merge queue, also for agents writing through the API. Short disconnects are buffered and resent.
• Full replicas remain the server's form and an opt-in for users (escalated, Online-First E-B4).
• Superseded: any reading of this page as "every user holds a full, offline-first replica" (direction A, rejected by D-048). Spec: Online-First (Repository-Semantics §6).