Linus Torvalds discussing source control programs and GIT

[ted leslie]

You should check out PlasticSCM it makes GIT and Mercurial just seem out
dated and underpowered, but that is for good reason, they make sure they
take any good feature anyone has and grab it into their. Easiest SCM to use
to boot.
Works on Linux, Win, OSX, Unix's
Its actually painful, because once you use it, and then inevitably you have
to go back to git for something,
because your into a project that uses it, and man its so depressing.
Its gui pipes through command line (and accessible api) but the GUI is just
sooooo nice. Can backend via mysql, etc.
Don't go near it if you don't want to be blown away with pure SCM goodness.
Also, I can't recall the argument, but GIT isn't a real dvcs like plastic
is, but you will have to read their faq to understand their argument.
Plastics really the only game in town.

SVN is never the right choice.

-tl


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Ben Walton <bdwalton-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> He's right. :)
>
> There are corner cases where the file view is still better than
> content view, but for 99.9% of the cases out there, managing file
> content is much saner and far more powerful. If your project isn't
> absolutely massive (it's not) in terms of file/directory count, using
> something like subversion is not the right choice.
>
> I personally prefer git as it's a real power tool, but mercurial would
> also be a workable choice. Interestingly, it seems that git and
> mercurial are the only two real choices left in the dvcs field...all
> others seem to have fallen by the wayside.
>
> Thanks
> -Ben
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Paul King <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Wasn't aware of this video. Was wondering what others thought of
> Torvalds'
> > opinionated view of different types of source control software ... ?
> >
> > http://youtu.be/idLyobOhtO4
> >
> > Paul
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