Re: Switch Repository to Git

* Daniel Cheng <[email protected]> [2008-07-02 23:21:45]:

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Jano <[email protected]> wrote:
> > David 'Bombe' Roden wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday 01 July 2008 06:02:06 NextGen$ wrote:
> >>
> >>> We all agree that that merging things from branches back and forth is not
> >>> easy with svn 1.4... but it will be easier when we will upgrade to a
> >>> merge-tracking enabled version.
> >>
> >> In subversion it will always be a cludge, though, because subversion wasn't
> >> designed with repeated merges in mind.
> >
> > Have you read the svn 1.5 release notes? You'd still call it a kludge? I'm
> > honestly asking, I'd like to know from someone used to git.
> 
> While I love using git, I am more interesting in DSCM then any
> specific SCM. The ability of commit locally and work offline allow me
> to test out my idea more freely.
> You know, everybody have some crazy idea that he want to test without
> letting others to see.
> For instance, I have yet another experimental database and an
> alternative location swapping code locally.
> 
> A (good) side effect is the ability to work offline.
> 
> Easy merge management is just a side effect of DSCM -- DSCM encourage
> branching and forking. That's why every DSCM comes with a set of good
> merging tools.

That's my point: at this stage we don't want to encourage branching nor
forking.

We need the network to be homogeneous version and bug-wise to be debuggable
and to move forward.

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