> On Aug 7, 2017, at 5:31 AM, Brian Burch <br...@pingtoo.com> wrote: > > I am not one to leap into the dark without a plan, so it was very > illuminating to be told why that would not be the case for the Directory > project. I hope your explanation will prove to be interesting to other > readers in the future, especially if they are confronting the same conversion > issues for a different project. > > I am considerably wiser now, and delighted to change my vote... > > +1
Brian, Include me to the list of dinosaurs who’ve been subjected to a long list of SCM systems including, but not limited to, PVCS, ClearCase, StarTeam, CVS, SVN and Mercurial. In the past, my ratings for a particular SCM system would be based on how likely it was to do irreparable damage to my code rather than a propensity to actually boost productivity, for which I’ve always been skeptical. Having said that, it’s my observation that git is by far the easiest to work with, and the least likely to do harm when things going wrong. Yes, it can get confusing if you are working with active branches distributed over a large team, but otherwise quite simple to use, and there are plenty of good tutorials around that show the basic usage patterns. I keep a cheat sheet with the half dozen commands I use to manage code bases. I’ll forward it to you if you’re interested. Best, Shawn
