Re: [git-users] Could GIT help with this task?
On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 15:28:58 -0700 (PDT) edgaroliveira@gmail.com wrote: > I thought the git is good for all types project. Because the Linux > distribution using this Version Control System. Some nitpicking first, sorry: "Linux" is the name of a project implementing an operating system's kernel. The kernel is a piece of software which makes hardware breath: it mediates between the hardware and "the userspace" where programs live. "A distribution" is a term commonly applied to denote a full-blown operating system which uses the Linux kernel as its core component. Say, Ubuntu is a distribution, Debian, Gentoo, SUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Arch Linux et all are all examples of Linux-based distributions (or "distros" for short). > I haven't sure this thought, am I right? No, unfortunately, you're not. While Linux is indeed an insanely huge project, it neither is the biggest one managed by Git (say, Mozilla Firefox is larger IIRC) nor does it possess all _possible_ properties which may affect how Git handles it. Here's what I mean: Git was (and is) in the first place designed to manage the development of Linux, and this means it's naturally _biased_ towards it. This means several things. To name just a few: * It's perfectly able to have a very large number of small- to middle-sized textual files. * ...which change at a relatively small rate (I mean, cases when 99% of the project files are rewritten in the next commit are quite rare). * Fully distributed development with multiple "stages" of the code flowing from the contributors to the "main" tree (published by Linux). Among other things, this means providing no centralized locks and access controls. * The whole project is a single logical piece of information. * Git is not afraid to give your power in exchange expecing its users to actually educate themselves. Hence some people come to grips with Git when they want: * No-brainer approach to using a VCS. * Access controls (who may push what and where). * Centralized locks. * Managing big binary assets. * Having _recorded_ per-file and/or per-directory histories of changes. (Sure there are others; these are what I can remember off the top of my head.) All the "issues" explained above can be addressed by 3rd-party software "wrapping" stock Git but still Git is not for all tasks and not for everyone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [git-users] Could GIT help with this task?
I think that any vcs will help you, but as already said, there will be no magic. You will need to do de merging manually (in many cases) and after that, you will need to check that everything it's alright. El mié., 7 de sep. de 2016 a la(s) 19:29, escribió: > Hello, > > I thought the git is good for all types project. Because the Linux > distribution using this Version Control System. I haven't sure this > thought, am I right? > > Thanks > > terça-feira, 6 de Setembro de 2016 às 23:26:54 UTC+1, charlesmanning > escreveu: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:19 AM, wrote: >> >>> Colleague: >>> >>> Before I decide to learn GIT I would like to know if it can partially >>> handle a task which I will describe briefly. I work with a large numerical >>> weather prediction modeling system called WRF. For sake of simplicity >>> let’s suppose I start with version A which has been unmodified by me. I >>> make changes to A which makes version B. Then comes along a new version C >>> from the WRF distributer. Would GIT help me take the changes I made in >>> version B and incorporate them into version C to make a new version D? >>> What would that operation be called in the GIT context? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Kevin Doty >>> >> >> That's merging. >> >> The way you'd do this is start with A, create a branch on which you do >> your fiddling and end uopp with B. >> >> Likewise do the same for a branch with the changes ending up with C. Then >> merge the two branches and see if that works. >> >> So it sounds like you're hoping git will magically do merges for you... >> That might be wishing too much. >> >> Git is pretty good at merging changes in source code, but cannot >> effectively merge binary code. Even machine XML is more like binary code >> than text and often gets messed up. >> > -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Git for human beings" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to git-users+...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [git-users] Could GIT help with this task?
Hello, I thought the git is good for all types project. Because the Linux distribution using this Version Control System. I haven't sure this thought, am I right? Thanks terça-feira, 6 de Setembro de 2016 às 23:26:54 UTC+1, charlesmanning escreveu: > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:19 AM, > > wrote: > >> Colleague: >> >> Before I decide to learn GIT I would like to know if it can partially >> handle a task which I will describe briefly. I work with a large numerical >> weather prediction modeling system called WRF. For sake of simplicity >> let’s suppose I start with version A which has been unmodified by me. I >> make changes to A which makes version B. Then comes along a new version C >> from the WRF distributer. Would GIT help me take the changes I made in >> version B and incorporate them into version C to make a new version D? >> What would that operation be called in the GIT context? >> >> Many thanks, >> Kevin Doty >> > > That's merging. > > The way you'd do this is start with A, create a branch on which you do > your fiddling and end uopp with B. > > Likewise do the same for a branch with the changes ending up with C. Then > merge the two branches and see if that works. > > So it sounds like you're hoping git will magically do merges for you... > That might be wishing too much. > > Git is pretty good at merging changes in source code, but cannot > effectively merge binary code. Even machine XML is more like binary code > than text and often gets messed up. > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Git for human beings" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to git-users+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [git-users] Could GIT help with this task?
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:19 AM, wrote: > Colleague: > > Before I decide to learn GIT I would like to know if it can partially > handle a task which I will describe briefly. I work with a large numerical > weather prediction modeling system called WRF. For sake of simplicity > let’s suppose I start with version A which has been unmodified by me. I > make changes to A which makes version B. Then comes along a new version C > from the WRF distributer. Would GIT help me take the changes I made in > version B and incorporate them into version C to make a new version D? > What would that operation be called in the GIT context? > > Many thanks, > Kevin Doty > That's merging. The way you'd do this is start with A, create a branch on which you do your fiddling and end uopp with B. Likewise do the same for a branch with the changes ending up with C. Then merge the two branches and see if that works. So it sounds like you're hoping git will magically do merges for you... That might be wishing too much. Git is pretty good at merging changes in source code, but cannot effectively merge binary code. Even machine XML is more like binary code than text and often gets messed up. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[git-users] Could GIT help with this task?
Colleague: Before I decide to learn GIT I would like to know if it can partially handle a task which I will describe briefly. I work with a large numerical weather prediction modeling system called WRF. For sake of simplicity let’s suppose I start with version A which has been unmodified by me. I make changes to A which makes version B. Then comes along a new version C from the WRF distributer. Would GIT help me take the changes I made in version B and incorporate them into version C to make a new version D? What would that operation be called in the GIT context? Many thanks, Kevin Doty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
