On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:57 PM, denstar wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > > am I really that predictable :) > > > > but while I'm here, let me mention that there's only 1 .git folder vs a > > million of those pesky .svn folders :) > > Heh. The downside of this is that you *have* to check out the entire > project, every time. > > No svn:externals fo joo! > > I always had issues with svn:externals anyway so I quit using it.
> And git submodules sucketh. > > No committing empty directories, either. > sure you can, just throw a .gitignore file in there...err, I guess it's no longer empty then :) > > Bottom line, you may very well have to restructure your source code to > "fit" into Git. > > from my experience, git vs svn has resulted in me committing more often since I can commit to my local repository. I'm more likely to branch because it's a lot less painful to merge. I more portable now since I don't have to be connected to my central server. I've been more apt to submit changes to other open source projects (on github) because of the ease of cloning a project. so yeah, I guess I have restructured my code :) > All that said, it's pretty freaking powerful. > > I do sorta miss meaningful revision numbers too, but whatever. > Different paradigm. > > > but others are right. SVN is good to cut your teeth on since it's got > more > > supported tools. Once you're comfortable with that and you see the > suckage, > > then you're ready for git....and the hardcore command line! > > Windows Git sucketh too. TortoiseGit is getting there, but Git is > still a pretty big kludge-job. > > At least it's pretty much working on windows now, unlike a few months ago. > > > just converted an older site to capistrano a few minutes ago... I'll > never > > do ftp exports again in my life if I can help it. > > No dispute here. Automation is the bee's knees. > > Predictable? Naw! :-) > > :Den > > -- > There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of > fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid > moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death. > Soren Kierkegaa > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
