good point on speed. I don't know if anyone has done comparisons with SVN, but git must be at least 10x faster.
2011/2/2 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > My personal experience: git has one of the worst UI I've ever seen but it's > also one of the tools that I have the most pleasure to work with. Before > learning git, I would never have believed that a source control system can > actually make you more productive. > > I captured this paradox in a blog post a while > ago<http://beust.com/weblog/2010/04/06/git-for-the-nervous-developer/>, > but the bottom line is that you should simply try to learn these UI > commands, be forgiving about the idiosyncrasies and embrace the power that > git gives you. > > I have never used Hg so I can't comment on it, but I do agree with the > arguments in favor of git that I've heard so far: momentum, tooling, github > and another one I haven't seen mentioned: speed. > > Oh and it works fine for me on Windows, even with the ssh set up (I'm using > msysgit, I hear the cygwin version works fine as well). > > -- > Cédric > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:34 PM, John Ament <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I suppose I am one of those folks who uses both. At work, we have >> been experimenting with mercurial as a source control replacement for >> about 9 months now (we're currently on SCCS). The main benefits we've >> seen are related to centralized repository management. We began >> recently using RhodeCode to manage repository access and has almost >> sealed the deal (it's essentially GitHub, but you host it). On the >> other hand, I use git a lot for personal projects and open source that >> I am working with. Git is a lot more powerful, but is equally more >> difficult to pick up on. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Cédric > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
