One of the most difficult and challenging issue with branches is _merging_ them. Git is a tool that is far more advanced in its feature set in that area.
It seems some of the opinions expressed against git are due to unfamiliarity. The only way to be convinced is to try it on an advanced level as i don't think an email thread would be enough for convincing anyone of the merits. My 2 cents Taher Alkhateeb On Apr 20, 2015 12:54 PM, "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > If we only want GIT for multiple local development branches, then we are > doing for the wrong reasons. SVN doesn't hinder you in doing that today. > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Jacques Le Roux < > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > > > Like Adrian and mostly for the same reasons, I don't believe we need Git. > > > > But there is one other major reason which has already been discussed in > > the other common ASF MLs. As Taher exulted, it's possible to create > local > > branches. So people are able to do a lot of work alone without exchanging > > before committing or submitting. It will certainly not help to have this > > possibility. Remember our recent discussion on the lack or core commits > > reviews. With Git you end with commits bursts or big patches and it's > then > > hard to review and too late to share ideas. > > > > So unlike Adrian, I'm even strongly against it. I will not hesitate to > use > > a -1 if necessary! > > > > Jacques > > > > > > Le 20/04/2015 09:53, Adrian Crum a écrit : > > > >> I don't agree that "all major contributors are using git." > >> > >> Personally, I find Git to be an overly complicated solution to a simple > >> problem. It frequently does bizarre things that no one understands, and > you > >> are left with things being mysteriously reverted for unknown reasons. > >> > >> This isn't a -1 vote though. I'm just making it clear that I will be > >> dragged kicking and screaming into using it. > >> > >> Adrian Crum > >> Sandglass Software > >> www.sandglass-software.com > >> > >> On 4/20/2015 5:38 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >> > >>> As discussed at apachecon in Austin, i propose to switch from svn to > git > >>> for the ofbiz repository. The main reason being that all major > >>> contributors are using git and contributions are cumbersome, further, > >>> git allows for better branching and merging. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Hans > >>> > >> > >> >
