From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Subject: Re: Advice on choosing git Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 11:15:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4BEA4B46.6010009@smartmediacorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Potapov To: Noah Silverman X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 12 11:21:26 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OC885-0002Fc-Mt for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 12 May 2010 11:21:26 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752107Ab0ELJVO convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2010 05:21:14 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f171.google.com ([209.85.221.171]:53877 "EHLO mail-qy0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751779Ab0ELJVM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2010 05:21:12 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 321 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 12 May 2010 05:21:12 EDT Received: by qyk1 with SMTP id 1so9329476qyk.5 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 02:21:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=CPFHxEXqyBE+IcXPA+V8LKj0kPcmh7n0xpoIrXadEAs=; b=JjJRuokGviyyGoqnOJrfjrD7yZizxo56VxO0OIvIr4OCXCbC6eBE0vaQZ/hsuiD2hj NE3+uu6SP8aETv5ueSjIQ1RQZhtEp3qt8x1LgpiD2kwIi+6JpnlXsy4GeHRXM1Sr+JQH ofJPKmMIyq7sWpmNDqKllXfa/AsVJzPF8EudQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dgAOWmksXlFYB4JXih6tY5JDESLWnV0h3iEvIPo+td+QA6vqFYotasH+hfP6YwDxvM ortBvspUDOV99YngCRsdQ9dJks/bxWUwhnpe+i3WnsD/mtVswiQAl/ayOTyExisCeu3w DZqF3pmFGy/HbGO9n2qPsyuaKzeLBWCdxRoYY= Received: by 10.229.230.5 with SMTP id jk5mr535636qcb.194.1273655750171; Wed, 12 May 2010 02:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.182.85 with HTTP; Wed, 12 May 2010 02:15:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BEA4B46.6010009@smartmediacorp.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Noah Silverman wrote: > I'm looking for both a version control system and backup system. I recommend git for versioning and bup [1] for backup. > Bazaar also looks like a possible option, but I'm not sure it handles > drive usage better. =C2=A0Their website has a lengthy manifesto about= how > they're better than Git, but I don't have enough experience with eith= er > to make an informed decision. Scott Chacon maintains this page [2] that compares Git with other versioning systems. From my personal experience, I find Bazaar to be quite horrible and slow. Mercurial is user-friendly, but nowhere near Git in terms of speed, power, and size. -- Ram [1] http://github.com/apenwarr/bup [2] http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/