From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GIT Vs CVS
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:52:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <436F6A32.6040200@op5.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AEC1E10243A314391FE9C01CD65429B13B2DA@mail.esn.co.in>
Mukund JB. wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have been just aware of GIT. As an active Linux device driver developer, I would like to know more about it.
> I have read through the GIT documentation the git native site.http://git.or.cz/
>
> I find lot a similarities between GIT And Cvs.
The similiarities are just because they're both SCM's. It pretty much
ends there.
> Can any elaborate on this?
It was just done in the list. If you browse the archives you'll find a
lengthy discussion. You might also want to read the
Documentation/cvs-migration.txt found in the git distribution.
> Can I use GIT instead of Cvs?
>
Certainly. Prepare to spend a week or so letting the command-structure
and syntax sink in though. It's a steep learning curve at first,
although the git tutorial (Documentation/tutorial.txt) nicely cuts it in
half.
The documentation is also available for online browsing at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/
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Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-07 14:52 UTC|newest]
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2005-11-07 14:34 GIT Vs CVS Mukund JB.
2005-11-07 14:52 ` Andreas Ericsson [this message]
2005-11-07 15:27 ` Peter Eriksen
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