early days before git's invention

early days before git's invention

[Zhi Li]

Hello list,

I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just
curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux
kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper
can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used
before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to
manage?

Zhi

Re: early days before git's invention

[Alejandro Riveira]

El Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23:08 +0800, Zhi Li escribió:

> Hello list,
 
 Hi
[ ... ]

> used, so git was invented. My question is what was used before
> BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to manage?

 Tarballs and patches :-)


> 
> Zhi

Re: early days before git's invention

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Zhi Li wrote:

> I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just 
> curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux kernel 
> was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper can not be 
> used, so git was invented. My question is what was used before 
> BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to manage?

Please read the transcript of Linus' talk about Git, it should contain all 
the information you are interested in [*1*]:

http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/LinusTalk200705Transcript

Ciao,
Dscho

Footnote *1*: For more background on the BitKeeper sadness: 
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory

Re: early days before git's invention

[Jakub Narebski]

Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com> writes:

> I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just
> curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux
> kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper
> can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used
> before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to
> manage?

For why BitKeeper could not be used, see:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history
  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory
  http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982
  http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0

  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html
  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html
  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html

Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for
changes); patches were send by email (on LKML).  Some maintainers used
tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management.


P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has
quite different development model than Linux.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland

Re: early days before git's invention

[Zhi Li]

Thank you all for the information!

Zhi

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just
> > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux
> > kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper
> > can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used
> > before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to
> > manage?
>
> For why BitKeeper could not be used, see:
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history
>  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory
>  http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982
>  http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0
>
>  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html
>  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html
>  http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html
>
> Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for
> changes); patches were send by email (on LKML).  Some maintainers used
> tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management.
>
>
> P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has
> quite different development model than Linux.
>
> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
>