git allowed me to make 4 new branches to try various fixes to a problem out, with probably 3 or 4 commits to each branch, and switch between them, while I was at a customer's site unable to access the Internet (and hence our centralised source control repositories). Compared to driving back to the office, I'd say git was about 1000,000 times faster than svn on that occasion.
(actually there was a McDonald's nearby I probably could have got onto the 'net from) On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:10 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, 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]. >>> 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]. >> 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. > -- 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.
