On Apr 25 15:24, Jim Garrison wrote: > > Corinna Vinschen > > > >Yeah, I'm n ot exactly looking forward to it since I'm very familiar > > > >with CVS or SVN, but have nothing but trouble with git. But since > > > >everybody else is so very happy with git, I guess I'll have to adapt. > > > >Teeth-gnashingly. > > I recently went through the same reluctant switch to Git from SVN. > > I can tell you from personal experience that there's a period of > disorientation when even the simplest tasks require a quick trip to Google. > And Git requires a major shift in your mental model of how things work. > Instead of 2 places where stuff is (local and remote) there are now 4 > (workspace, stage, local repo, remote repo). > > HOWEVER... once you get over the learning hump you see that Git is MUCH > better and allows much finer control over what's happening. Plus, the online > documentation is very good, and questions have been asked enough times that > Google serves up good answers to just about any question. If you have > Cygwin/X installed, the "git gui" and "gitk" tools will make the transition > easier. > > I started learning Git in earnest back in December, and really started > "thinking in Git" soon after. Now, if I had to go back I would be > disappointed.
Yeah, I'm trying to get a grip via "the book" http://git-scm.com/book/ Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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