From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why's Git called Git ?
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:33:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8h466$o4$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 001001c6a06d$6e7b94b0$0200a8c0@AMD2500
Aaron Gray wrote:
> Anyway good going, I am glad Linux has an open source VCS again now.
>
> I do not know how BitKeeper are going to fell knowing they have been
> replaced by a Git :)
>
> I am toying with using a VCS for a set of related projects, either CVS
> because its well known, SubVersion for ease of use, or Git as it is new.
> Lots to descide upon, any pointers would be appreciated.
CVS is showing it's age; mainly the fact that IIRC it began as a series of
scripts over RCS, file level version control system, extending version
control to sets of files, somewhat. Branching in CVS is serious PITA.
Renaming _with_ retaining full and correct history: forget about it.
Subversion is "better CVS": still centralized, CVS infernal branching
replaced by "cheap copy" branching. Well known, replaces CVS thorough OSS
projects.
Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Bazaar-NG, Darcs are new brand of distributed VCS.
I really like notion of branching in Git; but be warned about tracking and
not recording renames, and the need of explicit packing (the latter very
minor). Powerfull, perhaps too powerfull for newbie user: but that is what
Cogito is for (although now Git contains fairly large set of high-level
commands).
http://git.or.cz/
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Git
and "Other version control software" at
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitLinks
P.S. If you decide to use Git as VCS for your project, consider adding entry
about it on http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitProjects wiki page.
--
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git (at FreeNode)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-05 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-04 0:56 Why's Git called Git ? Aaron Gray
2006-07-04 3:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-07-05 19:58 ` Aaron Gray
2006-07-05 19:33 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
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2006-07-06 2:18 Aaron Gray
2006-07-07 18:40 ` Jakub Narebski
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