From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Riesen Subject: Re: Adding Git to Better SCM Initiative : Comparison Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:07:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20071129200710.GA3314@steel.home> References: <200711282339.59938.jnareb@gmail.com> <200711290326.13822.jnareb@gmail.com> Reply-To: Alex Riesen Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Robin Rosenberg To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 29 21:08:39 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxpgT-0003BP-IK for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:08:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932239AbXK2UHV (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:07:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762894AbXK2UHU (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:07:20 -0500 Received: from mo-p07-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.188]:33235 "EHLO mo-p07-ob.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762849AbXK2UHS (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:07:18 -0500 X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo07 X-RZG-AUTH: z4gQVF2k5XWuW3CcuQaGCTub Received: from tigra.home (Fca01.f.strato-dslnet.de [195.4.202.1]) by post.webmailer.de (klopstock mo32) (RZmta 14.3) with ESMTP id V00249jATI2iNR ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:07:11 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from: ) Received: from steel.home (steel.home [192.168.1.2]) by tigra.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7C1277AE; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:07:10 +0100 (CET) Received: by steel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B0ABB56D22; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:07:10 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200711290326.13822.jnareb@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jakub Narebski, Thu, Nov 29, 2007 03:26:12 +0100: > + > + Medium. There's Git User's Manual, manpages, some > + technical documentation and some howtos. All > + documentation is also available online in HTML format; > + there is additional information (including beginnings > + of FAQ) on git wiki. > + Nevertheles one of complaints in surveys is insufficient "Nevertheless" (two "s"). BTW, I wouldn't call the level of documentation "Medium" when compared to any commercial SCM. How can they earn more than "a little", when compared to any opensource program? > @@ -894,6 +938,14 @@ TODO: > to install the subversion perl bindings and a few modules > from CPAN. > > + > + TO DO. RPMs and deb packages for Linux. msysGit and > + Cygwin for Win32 - Git requires POSIX shell, Perl, > + and POSIX utilities for some commands (builtin). I read this as: "Git requires all these programs for builtin commands". Which is a bit confusing. Just drop "(builtin)"? > + Autoconf to generate Makefile configuration; ready > + generic configuration for many OS. Compiling docs > + requires asciidoc and xmlto toolchain, but prebuild. "prebuilt" (with "t"). Maybe remove ", but prebuilt" completely? > @@ -1106,6 +1165,10 @@ TODO: > There exists some HTTP-functionality, but it is quite > limited. > > + > + Good. Uses HTTPS (with WebDAV) or ssh for push, > + HTTP, FTP, ssh or custom protocol for fetch. > + You forgot bundles (aka SneakerNet). Again, compared to everyone else it is "vastly superior" :) > > Excellent. Uses HTTP or ssh. Remote access also > works safely without locks over read-only network > @@ -1203,6 +1266,10 @@ TODO: > Very good. Supports many UNIXes, Mac OS X, and Windows, > and is written in a portable language. > > + TO DO. > + Good. Portable across all POSIX systems. > + There exists Win32 binary using MinGW. > + "binaries": MinGW and Cygwin. And it is definitely "excellent" by the standards of the site.