Versioning schemes for compute-centric object stores

Versioning schemes for compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include creating a metadata clone of a first object within an object store via a versioning scheme module, the metadata of the first object being stored in the object store on a first path, establishing a copy on write link between the first path and a second path for the first object via the versioning scheme module, and storing the cloned metadata on the second path via the versioning scheme module.