Re: non-US-ASCII file names (e.g. Hiragana) on Windows

[Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Singer
<thomas.singer@syntevo.com> wrote:
>
> Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > If you use Git from Java, why don't you just use JGit (www.jgit.org),
> > which is Git implementation in Java?
>
> We are using JGit for the read-only stuff and the Git command line
> executable for all writing commands. We very much appreciate Shawn O.
> Pearce' (and the other JGit developers') effort, but Git is a fast moving
> target and (much) more complex than CVS or SVN, for which we use Java
> libraries communicating with the corresponding server which adds another
> sanity layer to the repository making repository corruption less likely than
> direct access.

Uhm.  I'm sorry, but this is just plain FUD.

JGit implements the current on disk formats and network protocols
completely[1].  In the area of disk formats and network protocols, Git
*IS NOT* a fast moving target.  This area of Git hasn't changed much
since pack files were first introduced.  As a community, we have been
very careful to avoid changes which break compatibility with older
implementations.

Git is also a lot less complex than CVS or SVN.  Its data model is
simpler on disk.  Its network protocol is *vastly* more simple than
SVN's WebDAV protocol.  And unlike SVN we haven't had to break the
network protocol on every 1.x release we make.


[1]  Actually, JGit lacks --depth support for shallow clones, but
otherwise is complete.