One big advantage is local commits. This means you can customize your
local configuration/software, commit the changes (giving you all the
advantages that version control offers) and then sanely pull in
changes from the upstream laconi.ca development. The SVN way to do
this would be to run your own repository, use a vendor branch, etc,
etc. It's certainly doable, but git (or bzr or hg) makes it sane.
At CC we use this sort of system with MediaWiki deployments -- we
mirror their source control in git and then create a customized
"skeleton" with all of the extensions, configuration, etc versioned.
We can then pull from that skeleton to create a wiki, so upgrading
software is as easy as just editing the skeleton and the "git pull"
("svn up") everywhere.
Nathan
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Mark Keisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is besides the point it seems, but since I seem to be part of a
> dying breed... :)
> What does git really give me over svn? My impressions are that a
> decentralized model like that would make things a bit too chaotic unless
> you centralize it in which case you are back to the svn model. Not
> trying to be religious, just want to hear it from those in the trenches,
> so to speak :).
>
> Evan Prodromou wrote:
>> So, would anyone mind if we changed the version control system from
>> darcs to git?
>>
>> I think using darcs is throwing a whole bunch of people off. I'm not
>> willing to switch to a centralized system like CVS or SVN -- I think
>> they're a dying breed -- but I would probably be OK with using git.
>>
>> And git is definitely taking over the distributed version control area.
>>
>> Feelings, ideas, emotions, opinions?
>>
>> -Evan
>>
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