Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Serge Matveenko
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 06:02, Andrew Gray andrew.paul.g...@gmail.com wrote: The pushback I am getting is: 1. What does GIT give me that I don't get with SVN 2. It is just another thing I have to learn and why should I when I don't know what benefit I get. It is very common mistake to try to

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Tassilo Horn
Serge Matveenko se...@matveenko.ru writes: By the way there is very useful video for getting people know benefits of git better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git That talk also highlights the most prominent disadvantage of SVN compared to git. You

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Chris Stone
Your reply may have been a joke or it may not have been. Either way I feel your post added nothing of value to the thread and is therefore a waste of bandwidth. The link you posted may be of value, however I was offended by your comments. I use both git and svn and I am neither ugly or stupid. On

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Chris Stone
I wasn't trying to sound like I was taking the statement personally. Had it been made clear that the text of the post was a joke instead of being taken either way I would have a different outlook On Mar 8, 2012 6:52 AM, tombert tomb...@live.at wrote: On Thursday, March 8, 2012 2:13:03 PM UTC+1,

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Tassilo Horn
Chris Stone nightshade1...@gmail.com writes: Hi Chris, Your reply may have been a joke or it may not have been. Either way I feel your post added nothing of value to the thread and is therefore a waste of bandwidth. The link you posted may be of value, however I was offended by your

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Godmar Back
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:40 AM, radovan bast radovan.b...@uit.no wrote: - you get backup for free Could you explain this point? I would have made that argument for SVN/CVS, really any centralized system. In git, you're dealing with (possibly numerous) repositories on different machines.

Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-07 Thread radovan bast
- you get backup for free - don't need the network for most operations (you can do work while on transatlantic flight) - most important for us: possibility to commit locally, checkpointing, possibility to checkpoint broken code, code review - with git i am simply more productive radovan