From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Re: Git repository Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:47:53 -0600 Message-ID: <20080131174753.GD16742@odin.demosthenes.org> References: <87y7a62eng.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <4A1A58D4-4BE6-468C-B7EC-1324D354DD0D@science.uva.nl> <20080131160113.GC16742@odin.demosthenes.org> <20080131163300.GC21213@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <87d4rhlx0g.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKdW3-00046K-IP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKdW1-00045d-Px for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:59 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKdW1-00045R-E7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:57 -0500 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKdW0-0000ya-Ug for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:57 -0500 Received: from [206.180.154.177] (helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JKdVt-0006yY-44 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:47:49 -0600 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d4rhlx0g.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3