From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dana How" Subject: Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:55:39 -0700 Message-ID: <56b7f5510704250155j6870a4dand3726e5444fc5021@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070417104520.GB4946@moonlight.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Pietro Mascagni" , danahow@gmail.com To: "Tomash Brechko" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 25 10:55:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HgdHu-0006UH-Ty for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:55:47 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423311AbXDYIzm (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:55:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423323AbXDYIzm (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:55:42 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.225]:2117 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423311AbXDYIzl (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:55:41 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id o1so199134nzf for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:55:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=YZqgt3MnIKpf/MeHWtuigihIFfyiRpqGhkuXu9CS1d0QO3PZ6uYDnHO8lEb7+P89J/wuIes62SDNnj5BgtSabeRHziOjUGgMhRpyTUnQE4gu0zCn8uVKwwWKV/Hw2cksMlUcct8zuOw9A7ewx7R69u3pox5mlfcZZrjhykwRBtE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BrM4TAy6MPzGR8QqYbDGNkC3fgr6swxgz6tckJ/j21zFEQMQYoY/KynQxT5Z2sFXy2aCq2Id7ExKVfyT6Um1crYFWXOpAt5VNXROxw5YUm5DVGWVS5/o2KmG1G3R4MW9zrgnA6410GidfrcI5LIH+9yj8z/8+8FlVefWlg/6AMc= Received: by 10.114.190.6 with SMTP id n6mr142571waf.1177491340065; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.58.20 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:55:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070417104520.GB4946@moonlight.home> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 4/17/07, Tomash Brechko wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:02:18 +0100, Pietro Mascagni wrote: > > So, in 15 seconds, how does one argue that GIT is vastly superior to > > other version control software, especially CVS. > ... You can't really > explain why 'git commit; git push' into some central repository is > better than 'cvs commit', and pushing after every commit is what > people will be doing at first ;). Yes, your point here is very real -- this perception that git imposes an "extra step" is one thing I'm trying to avoid right now. I think I've almost succeeded... -- Dana L. How danahow@gmail.com +1 650 804 5991 cell