[Openmcl-devel] How about Git?

[Dmitry Igrishin]

2015-11-30 0:42 GMT+03:00 R. Matthew Emerson <rme at clozure.com>:

>
> On Nov 29, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Dmitry Igrishin <dfigrish at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear developers,
>
> Whether time came to migrate to Git? Are there are any such intentions, or
> your are comfortable with SVN and it is not a subject
> for discussion?
>
>
> Speaking for myself only, it's just not clear that a switch would be
> beneficial.  It seems like it would just be following a fashion trend.
> But maybe I'm stupid and ugly. (cf. https://youtu.be/4XpnKHJAok8?t=487)
>
> We've been using Trac for tickets, and that works well with Subversion.
> Subversion deals reasonably well with largish binary files (like
> bootstrapping heap images).  Our (ab)use of externals also gives us a way
> for users to get a working installation with a single command.
>
> I agree that git is very popular, and I know that many people find that
> github alone is a reason to use git.  But I like to host my own stuff, and
> I just can't see how a switch would improve the life of ccl hackers all
> that much.  Maybe I haven't yet seen the light.
>
Because the Git is very popular this may be one of the factors to make it
easer to work
with code for hackers who forget SVN. (Like me :).)
The one of the main Git advantages is a great support for real branching
which is very helpful.
After all, Git is fast and pleasent to work with.
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