On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 04:53:30AM -0700, guru prasad wrote: > Version control novice here. Read through git docs, watched videos > on git. One of the advantages being talked about is the ability to > have entire project repository on user workstation. In my company > there is major effort going on to make user workstation as thin > clients where it has much less software than it used to. So if we > are already accessing stuff via network(vpn), what advantage is > having distributed version control. Also our thin client images
AFAIU it's not distributed in the sense you think. Each user will have their own copy, and have full control over that copy. How that copy is accessed, i.e. whether it's on a local disk or on a file share somewhere, is completely besides the point. I hope you using version control already. In that case you most likely check out a "work area" where you do you work. When you are done with a work item you commit it, and your changes go back to a central server where all your colleagues can find it. It's not unusual to organise the use of git in a similar fashion. You then get a few valuable advantages: 1. Each developer has a copy of the entire repo at her/his fingertips -> isolation from network issues, higher speed when working with history. 2. Possibility to do work following best practices in regard to version control, but without the need to expose work until it's "ready" -> commit changes in logical units, create local branches, etc... > sometimes gets lost and they restore from last back up if possible. > I loose file on c drive all the time. Would that mean I have to put > git repository on network drive? So am nervous advocating use of > distributed VC where repositories end up on unstable workstations. > Please help me understand so I can turn my team git as well. Thanks Where do you put your work area now? On C:? How do you protect anything valuable on C: from being lost now? You can follow the same practices with git too. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee. -- Steve McConnell, Code Complete
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