In a message dated Thu, 6 May 2010, John BORIS writes: > Since I started this thread let me chime back in. I know the need for > VCS but using it for binaries I think , for my setup, isn't a good fit. > What I have done have always kept copies of ecery compiled COBOL code > and C code with an extention to match the date it was taken out of > service and also a directory tree by version number. Now I am a small > shop. 1 Manager and three programmers. I don't count myself as a > programmer, just the keeper of the "keys". > > I agree with Yves about pulling a ton of data when you pull the > repository.
Again--not trying to defend git, it just happens to be what I'm familiar with. Pulling the entire Linux source tree, including all history, takes just a very few minutes on a fast link and just a few megabytes of space, and refreshes even after weeks since the prior refresh, take seconds. Most people have the reaction, "whoah, did something go wrong? It couldn't possibly have pulled that fast" the first time they do a git pull. The git protocol is fantastically compressed and optimized. Trey _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
