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Re: dVCS vs. CVS
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Michael Olson |
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Re: dVCS vs. CVS |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:46:29 -0500 |
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Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:
> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Alan,
>
>>> So basically the only difference is that you have to commit to your
>>> local repository. As long as you don't use more advanced functions
>>> of the dVCS, there's nothing more complicated.
>>
>> Sorry, but no. What makes it complicated are all the other things
>> that you don't want to use. The things that are there, but you are
>> forced to ignore.
>
> You can shoot yourself in the foot with CVS, too. But it's easy to
> give non-programmers a recipe how they can work with a dVCS as well as
> it is possible with CVS now.
Even for programmers, a recipe for how to use the current dVCS is
useful. Every one of the projects I maintain has its own quickstart
guide for how to use git, tailored to the location of the repository for
each project, and its active branches.
Here they are:
- http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ErcDevelopment
- http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/MuseDevelopment
- http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PlannerDevelopment
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Re: dVCS vs. CVS, David Kastrup, 2008/01/07
- Re: dVCS vs. CVS, Bastien, 2008/01/07
- Re: dVCS vs. CVS, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/01/07
- Re: dVCS vs. CVS, David Kastrup, 2008/01/07
- Re: dVCS vs. CVS, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/01/08
- Re: dVCS vs. CVS, Richard Stallman, 2008/01/09
Re: dVCS vs. CVS, Bastien, 2008/01/07