Hello, As I wrote previously, I am thinking about returning to doing the Git User's Survey this year.
Message-ID: <577e6f32.7020...@gmail.com> https://marc.info/?l=git&m=146790381602547&w=2 https://public-inbox.org/git/577E6F32.7020007%40gmail.com/ In this email I'd like to propose the revised list of questions (and answers) for Git User's Survey 2016, following comments to the previous revisions, starting with Message-ID: <91a2ffbe-a73b-fbb9-96da-9aea4d439...@gmail.com> https://public-inbox.org/git/91a2ffbe-a73b-fbb9-96da-9aea4d439...@gmail.com/ Below is my third, and probably final proposal. You can see the survey in work at (there might be some slight differences from what's below) https://survs.com/survey/kn2bpu4p9d NOTE: This is a *test channel*, all responses will be deleted. The survey is currently planned to be open (after a bit of delay) from 10 September 2016 to 20 October 2016. I'd like to ask also about announcing the survey as widely as possible. Please reply if you think of some channel, or of you could announce it yourself. Thanks in advance. If you want to do this survey "in house", you can ask for a separate channel (a separate survey URL). After the survey ends, I'll send anonymous responses from that channel in Excel and CSV formats. There also will be anonymous, JavaScript- and cookie-less channel; at the cost that you cannot go back and change or add to your response. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 50 questions in this survey. #### About you 01. What country do you live in? (Country of residence, in English) (free-form single line) 02. How old are you (in years)? (single number) 03. What is your gender? (single choice) * Man * Woman * Other * Prefer to not disclose 04. How would you describe your occupation / role as Git user? (multiple choice with other, limit to 3 selections) + Developer + Programmer + Engineer + Analyst + Manager / Leader + Maintainer / Reviewer / Sub-maintainer + DevOps + Administrator + Designer + Artist / Writer + Tester / QA + Expert + Student + Researcher + Teacher + Other, please specify 05. Have you ever contributed to Git project (code, documentation, i18n, etc.)? (single choice) * Yes * No * Maybe, don't remember * Plan to, soon 06. Have you ever reviewed contribution to Git project? (single choice) * Yes * No * Maybe, don't remember * Plan to, soon * Only spelling corrections, or correctness of translation 07. What's stopping you from contributing to Git? What was hardest / most difficult when contribution to Git? (free-text essay question) #### Getting started with Git 08. Have you found Git easy to learn? (single choice) * Very easy * Easy * Reasonably easy (average) * Hard * Very hard 09. Have you found Git easy to use? (single choice) * Very easy * Easy * Reasonably easy (average) * Hard * Very hard 10. Rate your own proficiency with Git (single choice, rating) 1. novice 2. casual, needs advice 3. everyday use 4. can offer advice 5. know it very well Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can think of it as 1-5 numerical grade of your proficiency in Git. 11. Which Git version(s) are you using? (multiple choice, with other) + I don't remember and cannot check the version + pre 2.0 + 2.0.x to 2.4.x + 2.5.x + 2.6.x + 2.7.x + 2.8.x + 2.9.x + 2.10.x or newer + 2.10.x-rcN version (release candidate) + minor (maintenance) release 1.x.y.z + 'master' branch of official git repository + 'next' branch of official git repository + version from msysGit / Git for Windows fork repository + alternate Git implementation (JGit and similar) + other, please specify #### Getting and updating Git 12. On which operating system(s) do you use Git? (multiple choice, with other) + GNU/Linux + MS Windows + macOS + *BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc.) + Android + iOS + other Unix + other operating system, please specify 13. How do/did you obtain Git (install and/or upgrade)? (multiple choices, with other) + binary package + source package or script (automatic compiling) + source tarball/archive (extract, make, make install) + pull from repository, and compiled + bundled with GUI or other tool + preinstalled / sysadmin job / I don't know + other, please specify (if none of the above apply) 14. How often do you upgrade Git? (multiple choice) + use 'master' or 'next' version, and/or pre-release + as soon as new version is released + when there is new binary package / distribution package + when updating distribution / system + around every month, or more often + around every 6 months or more often + update from time to time, cannot say how often + I use what is installed on system #### How do you use Git 15. What kind of projects etc. do you use Git for? (multiple choice, with other) + work and work-related projects + unpaid projects + closed-source projects + open-source development, public domain, and published & unlicensed + private (unpublished), in house projects + other (please specify) 16. I use Git for (check all that apply): (multiple choice, with other) + code (programming) and its documentation + data, documents, static assets (without code) + sharing data or synchronization + managing configuration files + backup + frontend / fat-client to other SCM (e.g. git-svn, git-p4) + other (please specify) 17. What kind of Git tools do you use? (multiple choice, with other) + editor/IDE VC integration (e.g. EGit (for Eclipse), TextMate bundle, magit (for GNU Emacs)) + build tool integration (e.g. git plugin for Maven, gitbuilder, Parabuild) + continuous integration (CI) (e.g. cidaemon) + commit notification tools (e.g. irker, git-notify) + filemanager / shell extension (e.g. git-cheetah, TortoiseGit, Git Extension) + filesystem interface (e.g. gitfs, figfs) + graphical history viewer/browser (e.g. gitk; might be a part of GUI tool) + graphical commit tool (e.g. git-gui; might be a part of GUI tool) + graphical diff and/or merge tool (e.g. Kompare, Meld; might be a part of GUI tool) + graphical blame or pickaxe tool (e.g. 'git gui blame'; might be a part of editor plugin) + tool to manage git repositories (e.g. Gitolite) + git-instaweb, or self-hosted web interface (e.g. gitweb, cgit) + self-hosted project hosting solution / software forge (e.g. GitLab, GitHub Enterprise, Phabricator) + self-hosted code review or audit system (e.g. Gerrit, Differential) + patch or patch series management interface (e.g. StGit, Guilt, git-series) + tracking some files out-of-band, large files handling (e.g. git-LFS, git-annex, git-media) + storing metadata (e.g. metastore, gitperms, git-cache-meta) + managing composite repositories (e.g. git-stree, gitslave, repo) + command line tab-completion, or equivalent (e.g. git-completion.sh) + shell prompt, or widget, desklet, etc. (e.g. git-prompt / __git_ps1(), git-radar) + git aware pager, or syntax highlighter (e.g. tig, diff-highlight) + credentials helper, or askpass wrapper (e.g. wincred, winstore, cache) + remote helper to store repository (e.g. FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox) + remote helper to interact with foreign repositories (e.g. git-hg) + my own scripts (for daily use) + my own scripts (for special tasks) + other kind, please specify 18. List git tools that you are using, one per line, or as comma separated list (textarea) 19. How often do you use Git command line (and other command line tools)? (single-choice, rating-like) * never * rarely (less often than other tools) * average, or about average * cannot say how often * often (more often than other tools) * only (always) #### Git hosting sites and software forges 18. Which git hosting site(s) do you use for your project(s)? Please check only hosting sites where you publish/push to (with git) (multiple choice, with other) + GitHub + Bitbucket + GitLab + SourceForge + Savannah or Gna! + CodePlex + Assembla + Beanstalk + CloudForge (formetly Codesion) + Codebase + Deveo + Unfuddle + git hosting site for related projects (e.g. OLPC, freedesktop.org) + company internal / self-hosted + other site, please specify 21. If you, your project or your company self-hosts Git repositories, what Git repository management tools do they use? (multiple choice, assuming mostly single selected, with other) + git-shell + Gitolite + Gitosis (DEPRECATED) + Gerrit + Kallithea + Rhodecode + Phabricator + Bitbucket Server (Atlassian) + GitHub Enterprise + GitLab Community Edition (OSS) + GitLab Enterprise Edition + Deveo On-Premises + GitPrep + Girocco (repo.or.cz) + don't use self-hosted / on-premises + other, please specify 22. Do you use paid git hosting, and if so, why? (multiple choice, with other) * N/A (don't use paid git hosting) * private or team-limited repositories * increased limits (repository size, number of repositories) * paid support / help * extra features compared to free plan / free hosting * other, please specify #### Interacting with other repositories, git workflows 23. How do you fetch/get changes from upstream repositories and/or other developers? (multiple choice, with other) + git protocol (e.g. git://git.example.com/repo.git) + ssh (e.g. ssh+git://git.example.com/repo.git, git.example.com:/srv/scm/repo.git) + http(s) (e.g. http://git.example.com/repo.git) + rsync (DEPRECATED) (e.g. rsync://git.example.com/repo.git) + filesystem (e.g. /path/to/repo.git, file:///path/to/repo.git) + applying patches (e.g. git-am from emails, or other source) + via git-bundle + foreign SCM (fat-client or remote helper, e.g. git-svn, git-p4, gitifyhg) + Other, please specify 24. How do you publish/propagate your changes? (multiple choice, with other) + push via SSH + push via HTTP / HTTPS + push via git protocol (not available y default, NOT RECOMMENDED) + push (unknown transport) + pull request (+ any form of announcement / notification) + format-patch + email + format-patch + other (e.g. reviewboard, issue tracker or forum) + git bundle + git-svn (to Subversion repository) + git-p4 (to Perforce repository) + foreign SCM interface, or remote helper (other than mentioned above) + other - please specify 25. What git workflow(s) is used by projects in which development you participate? (multiple choice, with other) + single developer, only private repository (no interaction) + centralized workflow (push to common repository) + branched centralized (push to different branches in common repository) + peer-to-peer workflow (all repositories roughly equal) + integration-manager workflow (maintainer pulls/applies patches to "blessed" repository)) + dictator and lieutenants workflow (hierarchical workflow) + using collaborative code review tool, e.g. Gerrit + other workflow, please explain References: ~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] https://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows [2] https://git-scm.com/about/distributed [3] https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitworkflows.html [4] https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.12.3/intro-quick.html 26. What types of branches can be found in your repositories? (repositories you use or are contributing to) (multiple choice, with other) + there is only a single branch + development/graduation branches (master/stable, next/devel/unstable etc.) + per-release maintenance branches (or release branches) + proposed-updates integration testing and WIP publish branch + bugfix / hotfix branches (topic branches for bug fixes) + release branches (for preparing a new release) + other short-lived topic / feature branches + orphan branches (with disconnected history, e.g. gh-pages, todo) + other types and uses, please describe 27. How do you integrate changes from others? (multiple choice, with other) + merge (includes 'git pull') + rebase (includes 'git pull --rebase') + reapply (e.g. git-am from patches) + git-imerge (third-party tool) + git mergetool, or graphical merge tool directly + graphical rebase tool + custom merge driver (e.g. to merge GNU ChangeLogs) + other, please specify 28. How do you sign your Git repositories? (multiple choice, with other) + digital certificate of origin ("Signed-off-by:") + signed tags + signed commits + signed merges (merging signed tags) + signed pushes + other way, please specify #### How you use Git 29. Which of the following Git features do you use? (multiple choice, with other) + end-of-line conversion (crlf or eol) + custom diff/merge driver + textconv + other gitattributes (e.g. clean/smudge filter) + word diff + merge strategy options (e.g. -Xrenormalize) + submodules (subprojects) + subtrees / subtree merge (e.g. git-subtree, git-stree) + partial (sparse) checkout + shallow clone (e.g. "git clone --depth=<n>") + multiple worktrees (e.g. git-worktree) + searching history for commit message and metadata (e.g. "git log --grep") + searching changes in history, pickaxe search ("git log -S" and "git log -G") + finding bugs in history with bisect (also "git bisect run <script>") + tracking code movement with git-blame ("git blame -M", "git gui blame", etc.) + history of lines ("git log -L") + detaching HEAD (e.g. "git checkout --detach", "git checkout <tag>") + orphan branches, with disconnected history (gh-pages, todo, man, etc.) + merging independent histories, joining different projects together (outside subtree merge) + alternates mechanism (sharing object database) + stash and autostash (also "git stash --keep-index") + commit message templates, and/or commit-related hooks + interactive commit / per-hunk comitting / partial commit / splitting commits + interactive rebase, fixup commits (small scale history editing) + git-filter-branch or equivalent, like BFG Repo Cleaner (large history rewriting) + committing with dirty tree (keeping some changes uncommitted) + reflog (including @{1}, @{yesterday}, @{-1} / -, 'git log -g') + client-side hooks (e.g. pre-commit) + server-side hooks (e.g. post-receive) + git-aware shell prompt + git aliases, shell aliases for git, or own git scripts + one-way interaction with other SCMs (from SCM to git) + two-way interaction with other SCMs (from SCM to git, from git to SCM) + object overlays (git replace or grafts) + object annotation (git notes) + other, please specify 30. Describe what features would you like to have in Git (free form, essay length / textarea) 31. What tool do you use to create new commits? (matrix) Columns: never / rarely / often / always ---------------------------------------- - command line - graphical commit tool (GUI) - IDE/editor integration - filemanager extension - web interface - other kind of tool 32. What do you use submodules (or their equivalent, like subtree) for? (multiple choice, with other) + I don't use submodules or subtrees + planning to use submodules + for dependency management (including dependencies) + to import repositories maintained by others (in subdirectory) + for your own (or your organization's) code shared between different projects + to separate large and/or many files for performance reasons + to separate data which you don't want (or aren't allowed) to disclose + to separate code whose copyright we do not own, or with different licensing + to manage access to different parts of repository + other purpose, please specify #### Other version control systems 33. What other centralized, local or per-file version control systems (SCM) do you use beside Git? (multiple choice, with other) + I don't use any centralized or local version control system + PVCS + SCCS + RCS + CVS + Subversion + Perforce + ClearCase + AccuRev SCM + StarTeam + Visual SourceSafe + Vault + Team Foundation Server + Visual Studio Team System / ALM + Rational Team Concert + other centralized SCM, please specify 34. What other distributed version control systems do you use or used beside Git? (multiple choice, with other) + I don't use any version control system beside Git + Bazaar (bzr) + Mercurial (hg) + Monotone + Darcs + SVK + Fossil + Veracity + BitKeeper + Code Co-op + TeamWare + Plastic SCM + Veracity + other, please specify 35. How does Git compare to other SCM tools that you have used? (single choice, rating) Git is ____ that other version control systems I have used. * better * equal (comparable) * it depends (in some matters better, in some matters worse) * worse * cannot compare (have not used anything beside Git) #### What you think of Git? 36. Overall, how happy are you with Git? (single choice, rating) # hate it * unhappy * not so happy # neutral * happy * very happy * completely ecstatic 37. In your opinion, which areas in Git needs improvement? Please state your preference. (matrix) Columns: don't care / don't need / a little / some / much --------------------------------------------------------- + user-interface (UI and UX) + core documentation # messages, error messages, advices + performance * portability + more features + tools (e.g. GUI) + localization (translation) of messages # translated documentation (manpages) * community (mailing list) * community (IRC) 38. What do you like most about Git? (optional) (free-text, essay length, textarea) 39. What do you hate about Git? (optional) (free-text, essay length, textarea) #### Other tools 40. How do you read and answer email (check all that apply)? (multiple choice) + GUI client (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail) + console client (e.g. pine, alpine, mutt) + webmail or web client (e.g. GMail, Hotmail; HyperKitty) + phone app (e.g. K-9 Mail, Airmail, CloudMagic) + I don't use email at all 41. Which of the decentralized/federated systems do you use or are interested in? (multiple choice, with other) + IPFS + PGP / GPG + Tor + diaspora* + Bitcoin, Litecoin, Etherium, etc. + tent.io + XMPP / Jabber + OMEMO + Matrix.org + pump.io + other, please specify 42. Which of IDEs and programmer's editors do you use [with Git]? (multiple choice, with other) + Visual Studio + Eclipse + NetBeans + Xcode + IntelliJ IDEA / PhpStorm / WebStorm + KDevelop or Qt Designer + Anjuta + Android Studio + Sublime Text + TextMate + Emacs + Vim + Atom + Brackets + Geany + Notepad++ + other IDE or editor, please specify 43. Which of the programming languages are you proficient with? (multiple choices, with other) + C + C++ + C# + Java + VisualBasic.NET + Objective-C + Python + Perl + PHP + JavaScript + Ruby + shell script + CSS, LESS, SASS etc. + HTML, HTML5 + TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt + SQL + Go + Rust + Swift + Scala + Haskell + OCaml + other, please specify #### Documentation. Getting help. 44. How useful have you found the following forms of Git documentation? (matrix) Columns: never used / not useful / somewhat / useful ------------------------------------------------------ + help distributed with git (manpages, tutorials, guides, etc.) + "Pro Git" book + Git Wiki + Git Reference site + hosting site tutorials and help, etc. + 'git' section of StackOverflow Documentation + other on-line help + printed books (or ebooks) Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * help distributed with Git includes their online version: - https://git.github.io/htmldocs/git.html - https://git-scm.com/docs/ - https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ * Git Wiki was to be found at http://git.wiki.kernel.org * Git Reference site can be found at http://gitref.org * StackOverflow Documentation refers to http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/git * "Pro Git" can be found at https://git-scm.com/book and https://progit.org * hosting sites tutorials include - https://help.github.com/ - https://www.atlassian.com/git/ - https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/ebook * help distributed with git include manpages, manual, tutorials, HOWTO, release notes, technical documentation, contrib/examples/ 45. How useful have you found the following kinds of Git documentation? (matrix) Columns: never used / not useful / somewhat / useful ---------------------------------------------------- + in-command (command messages) + command manpages + concept manpages (e.g. gitcli, gitworkflows) + tutorials + technical documentation + contrib/examples + "The Git User's Manual" + "Pro Git" + other printed books (or ebooks) 46. What [channel(s)] do you use to request/get help about Git [(if any)]? (multiple choice, with other) + git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org) + "Git for Human Beings" Google Group + Git for Windows mailing list / Google Group + IRC (#git) + IRC (other git/SCM related, e.g. #github) + IRC (other than above) + request in blog post or on wiki + asking git expert/git guru/colleague/friend + project mailing list, or IRC, or forum + Twitter or other microblogging platform + instant messaging (IM) like XMPP/Jabber + StackOverflow or other StackExchange site + search specific site or whole web (e.g. with Google) + find and read book or ebook + watch an instructional video or course + attend a seminar, webinar or lecture about Git (interactively) + N/A (didn't request help about Git) + other (please specify) 47. Which books about Git have you read and recommend, or plan to read? (multiple choice, with other) + "Pragmatic Version Control Using Git", by Travis Swicegood (2008) + "Pragmatic Guide to Git", by Travis Swicegood (2010) + "Version Control by Example", by Eric Sink (2011) + "Version Control with Git", by by Jon Loeliger and Matthew McCullough (1st ed. 2009, 2nd ed. 2012) + "Git: Version Control for Everyone", by Ravishankar Somasundaram (2013) + "Pro Git", by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub (1st ed. 2009, 2nd ed. 2014) + "Git Version Control Cookbook", by Aske Olsson and Rasmus Voss (2014) + "Git in Practice", by Mike McQuaid (2014) + "Git for Teams", by Emma Hogbin Westby (2015) + "Git Essentials", by Ferdinando Santacroce (2015) + "Mastering Git", by Jakub Narębski (2016) #### About this survey. Git news. Open forum. 48. How did you hear about this Git User's Survey? === (single choice, with other) * git mailing list * git-related mailing list (e.g. msysGit, Git for Human Beings) * mailing list or forum of some project * #git IRC channel topic * announcement on IRC channel * git homepage * git wiki * git hosting site (or blog related to such site) * software-related web site * news or social news site (e.g. LWN.net, Digg, Reddit) * blog (or blog planet) * other kind of web site * Twitter or other microblogging platform * other - please specify 49. How do you hear about git related news (such as new releases and community events)? (multiple choice, with other) + I wasn't aware there was any news + I don't read any news, but I'm aware of it + through news aggregation sites (such as reddit or hacker news) + from a newsletter (such as Git Rev News) + through a watched blog (such as GitHub Blog) + announcement section in news site (such as LWN.net) + RelNotes file(s) in git sources * from a mailing list (such as the git developer or the git for windows list) * other, please specify 50. What other comments or suggestions do you have, that are not covered by the questions above? (free-form / essay length / textarea) -- Jakub Narębski
