From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14932 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2014 16:22:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 14922 invoked by uid 89); 25 Apr 2014 16:22:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:22:26 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 10E8D8E08FA; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:22:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:22:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: GIT (was: Coverity Scan) Message-ID: <20140425162224.GL5666@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <0C723FEB5B4E5642B25B451BA57E2730751B9B9A@S1P5DAG3C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Pz0BBB9QxoYXlT+x" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0C723FEB5B4E5642B25B451BA57E2730751B9B9A@S1P5DAG3C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00576.txt.bz2 --Pz0BBB9QxoYXlT+x Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1518 On Apr 25 15:24, Jim Garrison wrote: > > Corinna Vinschen > > > >Yeah, I'm n ot exactly looking forward to it since I'm very familiar > > > >with CVS or SVN, but have nothing but trouble with git. But since > > > >everybody else is so very happy with git, I guess I'll have to adapt. > > > >Teeth-gnashingly. >=20 > I recently went through the same reluctant switch to Git from SVN. >=20 > I can tell you from personal experience that there's a period of disorien= tation when even the simplest tasks require a quick trip to Google. And Gi= t requires a major shift in your mental model of how things work. Instead o= f 2 places where stuff is (local and remote) there are now 4 (workspace, st= age, local repo, remote repo). >=20 > HOWEVER... once you get over the learning hump you see that Git is MUCH b= etter and allows much finer control over what's happening. Plus, the onlin= e documentation is very good, and questions have been asked enough times th= at Google serves up good answers to just about any question. If you have C= ygwin/X installed, the "git gui" and "gitk" tools will make the transition = easier. >=20 > I started learning Git in earnest back in December, and really started "t= hinking in Git" soon after. Now, if I had to go back I would be disappoint= ed. Yeah, I'm trying to get a grip via "the book" http://git-scm.com/book/ Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --Pz0BBB9QxoYXlT+x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTWou/AAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gCN0P/2wD+axhrfOE6nsqapdGIFSG zg3MQgIkPNDfwzny2rGLnWPEu87zu4G1mKdRK833hjlajsTAv3XGaGd+KdJJFg62 1KRWfBNNdGRo6NAB00MdPRo/4+a1nl1K6ipEIy3dG/WuwS8lJkmRdHSS8JTu1evj hMymZ/TpDEWhqez5XBA/FEWXb0e2yLAUzkTaK1AnugxUIq2BE6qomMd6/32tyUDB fz4NwfO317fibjPAxg8z5IlCoXhBQzN+oNm7xa+eg1EkDDWEuiMZ/NasNNOvYV/F 1Dwa29kQoBa7zyOKGSIAVK+g1ANn3pUG5tYmywPf6nHGutJtkFKZTRd0ewL1IMmf YxO/6cADjKm39RBi7kS2f1cK4Lg9NWxHUA5jTMTXGHzFffQF3zq6hKkxIcZwnYr4 gegE8owNeZdt0XMnaRMIsYf5zl5IHJWwTYwCgHyfjd5EeVXmdRvgWWJiyUPdmWa2 72A216lm74myMRcd9ATTpGr6U3cGQ1lFrXfnYhObgPACT59gKMrJloTQH/qmhyT9 8G3O68QweGOPjCgccAiCOFsByTtMBuyfU8eZLcB2vWPyUC/HW4BD7Tfkxl5SxxL6 bmrLdfVFRrEJwDaGULq+mXmEFZl1xYDy/wBIcc1K0QseAYpeeWPWEEwZxWOjjxJl FLrXEug7L/3A4gjweZZi =JWeA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Pz0BBB9QxoYXlT+x--