From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: FAQ Q: another version control system? Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 12:08:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <9e7886190705020012n72070874nae5a74b6d1387e3@mail.gmail.com> <9e7886190705020013k5721480aj767c1c8643fc8d23@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Peter X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 02 12:08:39 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 1HjBlH-0005co-9S for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 12:08:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754961AbXEBKIg (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 06:08:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754991AbXEBKIg (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 06:08:36 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:38777 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754961AbXEBKIf (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 06:08:35 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 May 2007 10:08:33 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO localhost) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp053) with SMTP; 02 May 2007 12:08:33 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/LAMYLNHrLnLNY2y4lPRVuELutELlrN61howl8yC F0sOeY28ye2EKN X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <9e7886190705020013k5721480aj767c1c8643fc8d23@mail.gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 2 May 2007, Peter wrote: > Do we really need another version control system? As I understand it, > this is like a distributed, central-server-less, CVS, sorry, SVN server. It is obvious that you are a fresh subscriber, since the answer to your question is given multiple times a day. Not like in "This is why you cannot enhance SVN to behave as Git does", but more like in "This feature of Git allows you to do [...]". I can only invite you to sift through the mail archive. I _could_ point you to a really recent mail from Linus, which explains very much why SVN just cannot do -- however hard you try -- what Git can. But then, you would miss out on so many other interesting emails which you haven't read yet. So, now it is up to you to actually invest some time and learn something. Ciao, Dscho