Re: [AD] switching to git, 2012 edition

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat Jun 23, 2012, Peter Wang wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:20:31 +0200, Elias Pschernig 
<elias.pschernig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can we get git also for the main repository? :) (It feels awkward doing
> > a git clone for testing here and then have the useless and slow svn
> > checkout of the 5.0 branch right next to it... gives me such an urge
> > to delete it :P)
> 
> Alright, let's try another tack:
> 
>     Yes.
> 
> Now wait for the objections to roll in.
> 
> Peter
> 

I don't mind one bit.

I only really know of one objector.

To (hopefully) preempt that though, the following commands are the most useful 
(used):

git clone http://repo/here  (svn checkout http://repo/here)
git pull branchname  (svn update branchname)

git commit -a
git push          (svn commit  <-- combination of push and commit in git)

git branch newbranchname   (svn cp branches/oldbranch branches/newbranch)
git checkout newbranchname (svn co branches/newbranch)

at least I assume you can switch to a branch like that in svn, its been so 
long. If not, it means you have to commit the new branch to the repo, and then 
do a full checkout of the new branch. which is not very nice.

after that theres merging, which are less useful for a regular contributor, 
but more useful for someone managing multiple branches and releases.

and of course theres things like:

git log
git diff

etc.

For the most part git and svn are pretty close. but git is a bit smarter, 
faster, and has more features.

-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx