On 05/03/2011 09:25 AM, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> On 03/05/2011 10:20, Edwin Leuven wrote:
>> Andre Poenitz<andre.poen...@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>>> Well, the part I don't get is why suddenly using a version control
>>> system is considered rocket science. It is not.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> With svn there's not much choice but to commit
>>> early, in order to be ready for the next hunk of work. With git one can
>>> only commit locally and fix commits later if needed, even after other
>>> local commits. Or just work exactly the same way as with svn...
>> i have only been casually been reading this thread, but it seems to me
>> that as a tool git offers only advantages (for those interested in
>> using them)
>>
>> then there is the question what model to use (ie the svn or the git way)
>>
>> so let's decide to move to git (we loose nothing and gain some),
>> before having the model discussion?
>
> Agreed. I think we should switch to git right now.
>
> Vincent, as you are the new maintainer, in order to ease the
> transition, I suggest to allow those that do not want to use branches
> just yet to push to master "à la svn".
>
And someone should produce a very simple cheat sheet, perhaps based on
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSvnCrashCourse
to help ease the learning curve. Better yet: a set of aliases that
convert svn-style commands to their git equivalents.
rh
