Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Get Git or Stay with SVN?

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Glyn Matthews <gly...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> 2009/3/4 Dean Michael Berris <mik...@gm...>
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I just wanted to throw it out there -- I'm considering using Git
>> instead of SVN with developing cpp-netlib. Are there any objections to
>> this?
>
> I'm interested but I don't know a lot about Git.  Could you give a list of
> advantages?
>

One of the advantages is local commits -- or offline commits -- which
allows for disconnected development.

Another is the distributed aspect which allows everyone to have a copy
of the *repository* not just the local copy of the source. So you can
switch between branches, merge changes easily between and across
branches, etc.

Yet another is an easy means for developing a release tar-ball with
the correct changelog from commit messages. :-)

>>
>> Recently Sourceforge just supported Git as one of the repository
>> options for projects. Do you think this would work better for us, or
>> would we be alienating Windows developers/users?
>
> Is there no port for Git on Windows?  If it makes development on Windows
> more difficult then it would be a big disadvantage because cpp-netlib should
> be cross platform.
>

I hear there are a few projects out there which allows for using Git
on Windows -- but none of them I tried.

I'm personally using git-svn now with another project, and I'm trying
out git-svn to develop cpp-netlib further -- I'm thinking of merging
John's work into the http_integration branch -- and seeing whether I
can continue his work to support persistent connections and what not.

So if we can stay with svn at Subversion, I don't mind but I
personally like developing on a Git repository from my VM. ;-)

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