On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 09:26:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thusly: > Incredible! Was BitKeeper really that wimpy of a product that > you could replace it in one summer vacation?
No, it wasn't. The needs of the kernel guys really aren't that great. But they are quite specific. This is how they were able to develop git so fast. > BTW, FYI, the reason Linux doesn't use Subversion is because Linux > needs a special system for VERY large projects. There is no > file level information in Git like there is in CVS and Subversion. > ALL the patches are diffs of DIRECTORIES! Interesting stuff! That isn't quite right. Subversion can easily handle projects as large as the kernel. The problem is that Linus has a very specific way of working and needs a distributed and decentralized patch-oriented system. The reason why he developed git as opposed to using svn or darcs or cvs or any of the others have been documented quite well in many webpage and mailing list threads. -- Tracy Reed http://ultraviolet.org This message is cryptographically signed for your protection. Info: http://copilotconsulting.com/sig
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