From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Aaron Gray" Subject: Why's Git called Git ? Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 03:18:12 +0100 Message-ID: <01f201c6a0a2$6faa0f80$0200a8c0@AMD2500> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jul 06 04:18:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyJRe-00008o-ER for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:18:22 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965134AbWGFCSS (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:18:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965135AbWGFCSS (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:18:18 -0400 Received: from lon1-mail-2.visp.demon.net ([193.195.70.5]:5917 "EHLO lon1-mail-2.visp.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965134AbWGFCSS (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:18:18 -0400 Received: from AMD2500 (mwgray.force9.co.uk [212.159.110.144]) by lon1-mail-2.visp.demon.net (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id EEG43602 (AUTH angray); Thu, 6 Jul 2006 03:18:15 +0100 (BST) To: "Git Mailing List" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >> I am toying with using a VCS for a set of related projects, either CVS >> because its well known, SubVersion for ease of use, or Git as it is new. >> Lots to descide upon, any pointers would be appreciated. > > CVS is showing it's age; mainly the fact that IIRC it began as a series of > scripts over RCS, file level version control system, extending version > control to sets of files, somewhat. Branching in CVS is serious PITA. > Renaming _with_ retaining full and correct history: forget about it. Okay, we like branching and forking. > Subversion is "better CVS": still centralized, CVS infernal branching > replaced by "cheap copy" branching. Well known, replaces CVS thorough OSS > projects. Okay. > Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Bazaar-NG, Darcs are new brand of distributed > VCS. > I really like notion of branching in Git; but be warned about tracking and > not recording renames, and the need of explicit packing (the latter very > minor). Powerfull, perhaps too powerfull for newbie user: but that is what > Cogito is for (although now Git contains fairly large set of high-level > commands). We like to move forward. > > http://git.or.cz/ > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Git > and "Other version control software" at > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitLinks Yes, been there, thanks though. > P.S. If you decide to use Git as VCS for your project, consider adding > entry > about it on http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitProjects wiki page. Looks like I maybe doing a preliminary Windows Git HOWTO on the GitWiki, if no one else has trod this ground :) (Might need some proper help testing though) Thanks, Aaron