VS Online still works great with Git. I've been using it with all the same ALM 
benefits like build and test controllers. So I don't think moving away from git 
- where it's so easy to fork/branch changes even in your own reps is necessary 
even if you want ALM.






- Heath from his Surface Pro





From: Christopher Painter
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎November‎ ‎15‎, ‎2013 ‎12‎:‎13‎ ‎PM
To: Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list, Windows Installer XML 
toolset developer mailing list





I've been a CM / ALM / build / release engineer / consultant / architect for 17 
years.  I'm currently a manager responsible for setting the developer tools 
vision for a Fortune 50 company with thousands of developers.  I've worked 
either at or for dozens of companies.  I've used more SCC tools then I care to 
remember:  CVS, RCS, PVCS, VSS, Vault, ClearCase, TFS, SubVersion, StarTeam, 
Accurev.... probably a few more I don't remember.

I am a big fan of TFS.  It's not the best  X, Y or Z  but when you consider it 
all together, it's pretty darn good.  The whole centralized vs decentralized 
source control argument is usually from developers with a Steve Jobs syndrome 
when it comes to ALM.   They read a couple blogs and suddenly think they know 
everything.  When I counter their arguments they just whine about argument of 
authority.

Microsoft just posted their hosted TFS pricing and it's crazy good.  For the 
cost of a monthly cell phone plan I can give someone a license of Visual Studio 
and an ALM in a box with build server.  In 5 minutes I can create an MVC app,  
package it up in an MSI using WiX and deploy it to a VM for testing.  It's that 
crazy good.

Anyways, Blair... I hear you and agree with you.   But in some places the 
developers run the show and you'll see Git or whatever next cool source control 
is popular.  Anyways as long as TFS gets all their other pieces to integrate 
nicely with a Git provider.... then I'll be fine with that too.







From: "Bruce Cran" <br...@cran.org.uk>

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:51 PM

To: "WiX toolset developer mailing list" <wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net>

Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Useless, stupid rant




On 11/15/2013 6:42 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote:





Blair,

  It would help if you were to provide more details on why you got so 
frustrated. I switched to git over two years ago, and compared to our previous 
version control I’m nothing but ecstatic for git. I’m betting the HG experience 
has you thinking the VCS should work one why, when in fact it works another. 
Sharing experiences here could lead to answers that others may need in the 
future in order to contribute to WIX.




I've used both Hg and Git, and the user interface for Hg seems more logical. 
Having said that, after a few weeks of total frustration I started to 
understand how Git works (fetch, merge, checkout, add, commit, rebase), and 
ended up being able to use it quite efficiently. I do like that things like 
history editing is built-in whereas with Hg it's an extension.



In the past I've used cvs, svn, ClearCase and some other SCM, so I don't think 
it's familiarity with a way of working that tripped me up.



-- 

Bruce Cran
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