On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:10:58 -0500
Greg Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2016-03-10 6:55 PM, Inigo Aldazabal Mensa wrote:
> > There's nothing like "mkdir /my/project; cd /my/project; git init"
> > in > SVN; this is like magic from a SVN point of view. It's version
> > control > for free! I used to this a lot: ~: svnadmin create
> > $HOME/repos/inigo ~: svn checkout file://$HOME/repos/inigo
> > $HOME/inigo Checked out revision 0.  
> and then 'cd ~/inigo' and start work...

Yes, but the mental burden is considerably higher as you have to
*create* the repo first, and checkout it second, and ... where
exactly to checkout? why there? how is this new $HOME/inigo folder
created and what does it mean? etc.,

This compared against touching a folder you are using/going to use with
your wand and having it under version control. You can then later on
grow concepts like repos etc., but the entry barrier is extremely low.

I like to see distributed version control as version control for the
masses "for free"; always ready, only one git init away from you.

Cheers,

Inigo

> Cheers,
> Greg
> 
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