Hi Paul: > One of the best things about distributed source control (or maybe it's a git-only feature, I don't actually know at the moment) is that when you clone a repository to your local computer, you have the entire repository including all branches, tags, and change history. So when you do a diff or merge between any two commits, no network access is needed. In fact, when you do a commit, no network access is needed. The only times you need to access the network is to push your commits up, or to pull other's commits down.
That's why I've mentioned Plastic, because is client/server, you can freely use it without any cost up to 15 devs (Community Licence for small teams), have replication included, can use many BDD (SQLCE, SQL-Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc), have a powerful GUI and you don't need to fight with a command line (but you can too, if you want). Oh, and is compatible with Git Fast-Import / Fast-Export, so you can migrate to Git later, or you can migrate from Git if you like it. I know about it thanks to my work site, and I'm using it now for my personal projects. If you take a little time to test it, I almost assure you that you wan't back to anything else. The Diff is great, the Merge algorithms make the majority of merges automatic, Sustractive Merge (when you want to disintegrate a task) is simply incredible. Well, tons of features to mention that are better to see in practice. I know that there is a known Game Company using it, between other clients. Regards.- 2014-09-24 22:30 GMT+02:00 Paul McNett <[email protected]>: > [hmm, wrote this on the train this morning, lost internet and subsequently > replied to a different message on my phone, could be this post overlaps by > a lot, oh well] > > On 9/24/14, 6:59 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > >> Git will work with whatever host you choose, as well as letting you keep >> local repositories. You don't have to host your git anywhere other than >> local, but it's good to keep it out of the office in case of disasters. >> BitBucket.com lets you host public or private repositories at no cost. >> GitHub charges for private repos, but is_the_ place to host and share and >> locate public, open source repos. >> > > GitHub is really awesome. I like to use it whenever possible, and have > been attempting to put all my open source stuff up there as I move away > from Subversion. I've contracted with a couple companies wanting to use > GitHub and we set up private GitHub organizations and repositories for > that, and it works very well, but GitHub still has the data and for one of > the companies I work for, that just isn't acceptable. So I set up an > internal, self-hosted instance of Gitorious, a GitHub-like platform for > hosting projects, repositories, and wikis. GitHub has this option too > (Enterprise) but it isn't free and in the face of having to get a PO > approved or not, which would have required lots of justification meetings > ("we already have Microsoft TFS, why pay for another?") I chose free and > moved on with my project. > > I'm also hosting some of my client repositories on my own infrastructure, > using simple SSH access using my SSH credentials to that box sitting in my > datacenter. This comes out of the box with Git. > > One of the best things about distributed source control (or maybe it's a > git-only feature, I don't actually know at the moment) is that when you > clone a repository to your local computer, you have the entire repository > including all branches, tags, and change history. So when you do a diff or > merge between any two commits, no network access is needed. In fact, when > you do a commit, no network access is needed. The only times you need to > access the network is to push your commits up, or to pull other's commits > down. > > Git's much simpler than reading the man pages would lead you to believe. > After a couple months using it daily, you'll be a pro at what you need to > accomplish with it, and you'll see tangible productivity gains compared > with non-distributed source control solutions such as Subversion. > > Paul > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGQ_Ju=fPi=p3mhHwe_=iV9D3qgYULeax8xPNoGF=rqwssr...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
