From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: GIT Vs CVS Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:52:34 +0100 Message-ID: <436F6A32.6040200@op5.se> References: <3AEC1E10243A314391FE9C01CD65429B13B2DA@mail.esn.co.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 07 15:55:43 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EZ8MT-0005WJ-Mx for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:52:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750798AbVKGOwg (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:52:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750800AbVKGOwg (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:52:36 -0500 Received: from linux-server1.op5.se ([193.201.96.2]:63188 "EHLO smtp-gw1.op5.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750798AbVKGOwf (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:52:35 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.19] (unknown [213.88.215.14]) by smtp-gw1.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC4B6BCBE for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:52:34 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc3 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: git@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3AEC1E10243A314391FE9C01CD65429B13B2DA@mail.esn.co.in> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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/ -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231