Versioning system - Subversion Vs. Git

[Ed]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:29 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm looking at version systems for two different projects each on their own server.  I used Subversion about 3 years ago for just a few week so I have little recall of subversion.
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> I was doing some research and it seems Git is emerging.  That makes me believe that I should look at Git and install/learn/use it.  Of course before I venture down this path, I always like to ask the experts.
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> Thank you for your insight on Subversion Vs. Git.
>

Keith - Your choice should be driven by the needs of your projects. A
centrally managed or "controlled" project is aligned with the
structure of Subversion - so SVN will help reinforce this aspect of
the project. A highly distributed project with many independent
contributors fits with the structure of Git - so Git will leverage
this kind of organization better.

both are good tools and while Austin is having *fun*, he should get a
*clue* about SVN - maybe from the free book at
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.html

In addition to the other Git resources mentioned, IBM has a good set
of articles at it's developerworks site -
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchType=1&searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&query=Git&Search=Search

Austin sorry for the rip - didn't mean anything by it.  I am looking
forward to your presentation - which meeting are you likely to do the
presentation? *really*

Ed