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Re: [fpc-other] Fwd: [fpc-pascal] fpGUI Toolkit source repository migrated to Git

Graeme Geldenhuys
Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:43:20 -0700

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:55 PM, ik <ido...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another better feature is the way tagging and brunching works. You can mix
> everything without making a copy of the whole tree all over on each

Yeah, that is great. Purely to play with git, I checkout out a very
old state (v0.4 of around mid 2007) of fpGUI. The v0.4 code was very
different and had a very different directory structure. In under 3
seconds the checkout was complete with the new directory layout. I had
a few "untracked" files lying around which were compiled .ppu files
from the HEAD fpGUI, but that was it. All the old memories came
flooding back while I browsed the history version.  Then a simple 'git
checkout master' and 3 seconds later I was back to todays version of
fpGUI. Awesome!! :-)


> And there are even more features, but the question is if it good for all
> projects. I don't know the answer, I only know that I moved to git in my

Very good question. Most of the times when you read about Git, it's
all about large projects like Linux Kernel, Wine, Gnome etc...  But
the nice thing of Git, is that it works just as well for small
one-man-band projects.  To start using git you only need to know about
5 or so commands (similar to SVN) but then as you get more familiar
with it you venture out into new territory and start experimenting
with more features.

Bottom line is -- no matter if git is a "distributed version control
system" and designed for large projects with a huge hierarchy of
developers. Git simply fits my workflow better than SVN ever could.
Git makes my life easier!


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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