Git has - like several other linux applications - a crappy name. I dunno if it is a dirty word, but it sounds like one.
I do not want a whole history of edits if I only want to check-out (svn terminology) the latest version. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Alexander Klenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 18:02, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Git is a hype. Git might be nice for projects with >100 developers and > > which has (like linux) dedicated branch maintainers. Git allows to > > support complicated project structures with several layers of > > maintainers and project managers. But this is something smaller projects > > like FPC or Lazarus don't need. > > I disagree. I, for example, have moved all my Unix-based projects to Git, > even personal ones, and it is much better to work with even in a > single-developer case. > In particular, ability to create commits off-line is very valuable to me. > The only problem of Git is poor Windows support, and as unfortunately some > of my projects are Windows-specific, I still prefer to use SVN for those. > > Windows compatibility is also the reason I would not recommend > to move Lazarus/FPC from Subversion (yet). > > >> * Git repositories are MUCH smaller. > > > > Who did tell you this? Linus? Does he have the history of the Linux code > > since version 0.1 in his repository? > Since Git is distributed, the notion of "his" repository is rather vague, > but such a repository definitely exists: > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=summary > > > >> * Git is local, so checking history or doing commits are really fast. > > > > I doubt that a repository containing the full lazarus history is smaller > > than a repository containing each file twice. > They are usually of about equal size, for example, svn checkout of > Pidgin (IM tool) is 122 MB while complete history in Git repository is 148 > MB. > But the OP's point was that local operations are MUCH faster, > so much that it changes the work flow. For example, to show a few last > log messages > from the lazarus repository takes me 10-20 sec., and showing a diff between > to revisions of a file -- another 30-60 sec., while in Git these > operations are instantaneous. > > >> * You have lots of backups of Git repositories because they are local > >> to each developer. In SubVersion, if the repository server is down, > >> everybody is stuck. > > > > Only with committing. With a DVCS you're also stuck if the repository > > for the "official" code is dead. Great that you can "commit" to your > > local repository but nobody will see it so what's the point about it? > With SVN if the central repository is dead, then > the whole history of the project vanishes with no chance of restoration. > Of course, the central repository should be backed up, but still if the > failure > occurs, it is catastrophic. > On the contrary, with DVCS (not only Git) such a failure is just a > minor inconvenience, > since each developer has a local copy of the history, and can easily > publish it. > > Another compelling feature of Git is the possibility to create and manage > local branches. For example, when I want to add a feature to Lazarus, > I would like to present it as a series of clean patches for easier review > and better log history. However, I can not do this with Subversion in > a practical way, > so I have to submit first patch of the series, wait for it to get accepted, > submit the second one etc. > This wastes both my and reviewer's time so much that it can take months > instead of weeks to complete a moderately complex feature. > Actually, I due to this obstacle have given up trying to develop > more complex features for Lazarus and just submit small patches for > trivial things ;-) > > >> * How well is Git supported on other platforms than Linux? > > > > Near to unusable, mercurial is much better in this regard > That I agree with. Perhaps it is time for me to try Mercurial. > > > -- > Alexander S. Klenin > Insight Experts Ltd. > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- o__ ,_.>/ _ (_)_\(_)_______ ...speed is good _______________ I believe five out of four people have a problem with fractions.
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