This and That » Programming http://www.mrroot.net What else would it be? Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:56:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Git: A cause for changing your SCM tool http://www.mrroot.net/2010/04/git-a-cause-for-changing-your-scm-tool/ http://www.mrroot.net/2010/04/git-a-cause-for-changing-your-scm-tool/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:30:46 +0000 nisburgh http://www.mrroot.net/?p=330 I’m generally one of those people that doesn’t feel the need to fix something that ain’t broke.  So when all of this hooplah about Git hit the programming scene a while ago, I didn’t feel obligated to jump on board.  I had been using Subversion quite happily for years, and CVS before that.  SVN did what I needed, and worked well for me since I ran a remote, secured repository which I backed up hourly.

A friend recommended I look into Git, and I did.  I looked at the website, read the tutorial, and simply could not figure out why I should switch my Source Code Management system.  It felt like change for the sake of change, and I am not a fan of that idea.

Enter: Hg Init – The Mercurial Tutorial.  Here was a very well written tutorial and explanation as to why you should make the move to Mercurial ( which is very similar to Git ).  Give it a read, you’ll see what I mean.  I know I’ll be switching soon.

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