Linus Torvalds discussing source control programs and GIT

[ted leslie]

http://www.plasticscm.com/comparisons/index.html

this is the total ass kicking it puts on the competition :)

-tl


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:46 AM, ted leslie <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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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