Re: Re: Git repository

From: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Git repository
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:47:53 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080131174753.GD16742@odin.demosthenes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d4rhlx0g.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>

When I was selecting a VC, I narrowed it down to Bazaar or Git. Being
a prior Arch user, Bazaar fixed most of my complaints while using the
same architecture.

I understand Git's got quite a following, and addresses many of the
same shortcomings of CVS that Bazaar and other distributed VC's
(darcs, mercurial, etc) do.

I have been curious what Git could offer over Bazaar, other than
optimization for large numbers of users checking out. I recall Linus
said that Bazaar was too slow. ;]

My requirements were easy branching and merging, plus no special
servers needed (ie: ftp/http/ssh).

Ironically, I rarely use VC with Org files, because most of my files
have a short lifespan (1 per project).

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:34:23PM +0100, Bastien wrote:
> Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:01:13AM -0600, Russell Adams wrote:
> >> I'm a bazaar fan myself. I'd be curious if someone can point out where
> >> git is superior. ;]
> >
> > I can't remember the details, but I'm pretty sure that I saw reference
> > to issues with the design of the underlying backend.  The most obvious
> > symptom of this would be the performance difference - git is
> > well-known to cream pretty much everything except mercurial (which
> > IIRC has a very similar design, minus the object packing).
> >
> > But I'm sure some quick googling would tell you a lot more than my
> > hazy memories do :-)
> 
> FYI Eric S. Raymond is working on a paper where all dVCS systems will be
> compared.  The Emacs dev team is waiting for his conclusions in order to
> decide what system should be used instead of the actual CVS.  
> 
> But there is more to consider than technical benchmarks since RMS also
> insist on preferring a tool that is part of the GNU project.  Of course
> this doesn't affect the choice of a tool for Org, and git sounds like a
> good one to me.
> 
> -- 
> Bastien
> 
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