From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dana How" Subject: Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:58:05 -0700 Message-ID: <56b7f5510704250158v5d80feb7gb82db0da2349eb8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <46a038f90704170333t38992792m77ddb3d927b21842@mail.gmail.com> <81b0412b0704170739te4c35f0m8e4a3cd5bad440cd@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Martin Langhoff" , "Pietro Mascagni" , git@vger.kernel.org, danahow@gmail.com To: "Alex Riesen" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 25 10:58:28 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HgdKU-0007eO-P8 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:58:27 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423324AbXDYI6L (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:58:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423330AbXDYI6K (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:58:10 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.237]:3635 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423324AbXDYI6I (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:58:08 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id o1so199963nzf for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:58:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=iYJqHUI2yRXX+6IZyMpowha2lUTnmmeAlHzEKe7XJyBvPxL+5W4Q2/9prYSExs4+bZmb0UDCRqai5rJbOK0Afhac3Yf+pgG5JC8raXsqOZjqtU6FEsTjG8u7P79XEI4ReSMOJHWZYBfRB4vEovxue0HsRCGuMn3k2GgPhH7/l4U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=g1ilYkbWfaIu5KohVTSCr18EsYrbfOxIwL3WFz9aZ+0K7+0WlyF8KoOQmWscXUfUyMeR4RyYdbD93dIcgcfLthPBN1YLbruz211bp8fXlWj9Zs3MKN38TTnKQSw4eEzS991MA+RGQeh+JIbFu5hIFZxoUJu0GGazvXivkemK2+I= Received: by 10.114.77.1 with SMTP id z1mr141486waa.1177491485650; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:58:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.58.20 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:58:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0704170739te4c35f0m8e4a3cd5bad440cd@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 4/17/07, Alex Riesen wrote: > On 4/17/07, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > - Old school SCMs allow you to branch, but are unable to keep track > > of merges in any meaningful way. Every time you merge, history is > > lost. GIT (and other DSCMs) have excellent branching _and_ merging > > facilities. > This one was a bad argument too. Curiously, and I cannot explain why, > ability to branch is considered a weakness of GIT ("because it confuses > the integrators", them being old mean men). The Perforce is said to > be "vastly superior to everything" on these grounds: "it also has > branching support, but luckily(!) it is hard enough for simple > developers. Was not their (Perforce's) fault, they just included it > to keep up with the market". Almost exact wording (I had to translate it). You are also trying to gain traction in a Perforce environment? I'd be interested in any more details you might have; I'm just starting. Email me directly if you like. Thanks, -- Dana L. How danahow@gmail.com +1 650 804 5991 cell