From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17135 invoked by alias); 17 Sep 2009 15:27:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 17126 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Sep 2009 15:27:06 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:27:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02E9F2F78034 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:26:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id R6lVre6dfLVM; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:26:57 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4AB25541.3060606@ecoscentric.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:27:00 -0000 From: Ross Younger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Schuilenburg CC: eCos Disuss References: <4AB24A96.30804@ecoscentric.com> In-Reply-To: <4AB24A96.30804@ecoscentric.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Switching to using git on eCosForge X-SW-Source: 2009-09/txt/msg00141.txt.bz2 Alex Schuilenburg wrote: > wry uses git internally as he uses linux and whenever he > raves about something, I find the equivalent in mercurial. Actually, I chose to use git internally (for several months now) on my current main project because it was the only one of the three (git/bzr/hg) that I had never used before. I've learned a lot and would now describe myself as more proficient with git than the others. FWIW, git tells me that I have 36 branch tags in my repo at the moment: some traditional "feature" branches, some "main" subsystem branches which pull from the feature branches, some to mirror the relevant parts of CVS, a "master" branch for testing which I octopus my subsystem branches to - and then the high-level bits of the whole thing over again so I can easily keep an anoncvs-based copy. At first glance this many branches might seem to be overkill, but I'm finding that it works well - and remember that branches are very very cheap in this brave new DRCS-based world. The gitk graphical viewer is worth its weight in gold. As you say, I expect that I'll be able to do all of this just as well in hg - I'll just need to put on some differently-tinted glasses :) Ross -- Embedded Software Engineer, eCosCentric Limited. Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge CB5 8UU, UK. Registered in England no. 4422071. www.ecoscentric.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss