I've heard several different reasons why some users might prefer Git. (Please don't reply to add more in this thread.) A few advanced Git users emphasize its power-user features. But, I think that the deciding factor for a lot of regular developers is more that Git makes some common operations seem really fast.
Speed really matters for Google Project Hosting, and all Google products. We continuously measure the speed of our web site and work to improve the speed of common operations. That's not just for version control, but all the tools that we host. The recent UI refresh is one visible change that helped to streamline the time it takes people to find information on some of our most commonly viewed pages. But, there's a lot more going on behind the scenes all the time. And, it's not just saving milliseconds on individual clicks and page loads. We also think about the minutes that it can take our users to the right documentation within some project or to write a useful defect report. And, we think about the hours that developers cumulatively spend to complete common software engineering tasks like triaging issues, scoping a release, reviewing code, pushing out a release, and updating documentation. Small projects are great, we love small projects with just an individual user involved. Users have a number of choices for hosting small projects for free on the Internet. But, we also love to see small projects grow, and larger projects keep growing to include more developers. So, please keep your eye out for announcements of large and small improvements on the Google Code blog and our own What's New wiki page throughout 2011! Thanks, jason! On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman <[email protected]> wrote: > IMO, Git is a great source control system, just as good as mercurial. > Github, however, is popular because it's a very different angle from > sourceforge or google code; instead of organizing around collaborative > 'projects', it's entirely organized around users -- hence their catchphrase > "social coding". It's more like a social network. Of course, the skeptic > may argue something similar to what you said: that it's hard to find the > 'center' of projects among the vast landscape of personal code pastebins. > :-) Just my personal opinion, of course. > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Berlin Brown <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I know a lot of people are asking for git, but when I look on github, >> their projects are so small and there aren't that many revisions. I >> wonder if the git interest is more because it is becoming popular not >> because they need those features of a source control system. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
