Re: [tlug] Great Git resources -- thanks!

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Stephen/Vu Hung,


On 06/02/11 16:41, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Nguyen Vu Hung writes:
>   >  >  What I disliked about CVS was how each file had a different
>   >  >  version.  Perhaps that was meant to give flexibility, but it
>   >  >  was awfully confusing.  Also didn't like the version numbers
>   >  >  with decimals.  So, SVN fixed my two biggest gripes.
>
>   >  Sounds like the color of a bikeshed.
>
> Not really, IMHO.  The per-file versioning (I doubt you meant this,
> though), makes it hard to revert to a specific version-that-worked-
> for-you unless (a) it was tagged or (b) you have an exact date for
> when you last updated that workspace.
>
> The decimal versions are not as big a problem, but they are quite
> finicky to parse in scripts.


Yes, that's basically what I meant.  As I more or less work 
alone, there are no milestones to tag and rarely any 
branches.  As I perhaps already said, I'm using it for 
backup -- in a way.  Perhaps I may have ideas that I would 
simultaneously like to try, this is rare since I multitask 
poorly.  :-)

So, I found tagging in CVS to be a bit bothersome.  I'm 
happy with how SVN does things but I'm open to something 
else improving on it.


> Aside to Raymond: git does not have revision numbers at all.  Instead,
> you count backward from a named revision (usually a tag or branch
> head).  Mercurial has Subversion-like numerical revision numbers (but
> without the "r" prefix).  Bazaar has revision numbers, but like CVS
> and RCS uses a dotted syntax to indicate branch structure.  In both
> Mercurial and Bazaar branch numbers are somewhat unstable (different
> workspaces may report different numbers for the identical revision
> content), but for small teams who sync often, this may not be a
> problem.


I see.  I was under the impression that git would have 
retained whatever motivated Subversion's approach.  :-)  But 
I guess integral revision numbers it isn't for everyone; 
I'll take a look and try to get use to it.

Thanks for heads-up!

Ray