Subversion considers its future

Subversion considers its future

Posted May 5, 2008 4:56 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: Subversion considers its future by ras
Parent article: Subversion considers its future

I've been following Linux' development for a long time now, through BitKeeper and then git. I've developed a bit too, first using RCS (sorry, that was the only VCS at hand then; I needed the VCS for recording my own development, no others were involved, and the local nature of RCS fitted that just fine) and then bk and later git. I don't want to look back, and the centralized VCS does get in the way more than it helps the individual developer. A DVCS like git, on the other hand, allows you to horse around in your own private room, have a few tries pending as local branches, and cherry pick changes into a decent, publishable history to share with others. This is the way we do use git for (small, local) projects right now.

The facilities for purely local work are the biggest plus for me ("local" as in "on this notebook that I lug around everywhere, anytime"), and that is where centralized systems fail miserably. And having the same tool for "serious work involving others" and "local play for my own amusement" is a definite plus. I have much of my own files under git right now, and not because I ever intend to share it with others (let alone let them put their grubby fingers in my private stuff ;-)

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