{"thread":{"id":"28794","subject":"Git is exploding","startedAt":"2011-10-29T00:39:15Z","lastAt":"2011-11-02T04:51:31Z","messageCount":8,"participants":["Øyvind A. Holm","Miles Bader","Tay Ray Chuan","Ramkumar Ramachandra","Matthieu Moy","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"178503","messageId":"CAA787r=jeBv9moineaJVY=urYzEX+d7n23ED-txAGhLS+OPbmg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git is exploding","fromName":"Øyvind A. Holm","fromEmail":"sunny@sunbase.org","sentAt":"2011-10-29T00:39:15Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-29T00:39:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sunny@sunbase.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/113445?v=4"},"body":"Found an interesting \"Popularity Contest\" graph on debian.org (via\nThomas Bassetto on G+):\n\nhttp://bit.ly/rNxVN0\n\nVery cool indeed. Maybe it's the rise of GitHub, or simply that the\nuser interface is mature enough that also \"regular\" users feel\ncomfortable with it.\n\nRegards,\nØyvind\n"},{"id":"178507","messageId":"CADCnXobzdqF3=4fac4V-ELEgD40J8zCsicGLRjh3KmSrt7kwTg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"8762j8jje9.fsf@catnip.gol.com","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Miles Bader","fromEmail":"miles@gnu.org","sentAt":"2011-10-29T08:28:51Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-29T08:28:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"miles@gnu.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/01069b69593af7bff28e2f97afeb3644ae6fe2f5f56cb3a8cf34c5fb8c36efe5?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"2011/10/29 Miles Bader :\n> That the sharpness of that graph is pretty amazing though; what\n> happened in 2010Q1?\n\nActually, now I realize what happened: that's the date the Debian\n\"git-core\" package was renamed \"git\" (the \"git\" package used to be\n\"gnu interactive tools\")!!\n\n-Miles\n\n-- \nCat is power.  Cat is peace.\n"},{"id":"178508","messageId":"CALUzUxqHNByaV+TL2p4wBcwaLNpiaATw14Jgkb1YwcfXxNkMrg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"CAA787r=jeBv9moineaJVY=urYzEX+d7n23ED-txAGhLS+OPbmg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Tay Ray Chuan","fromEmail":"rctay89@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-29T08:36:49Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-29T08:36:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rctay89@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61553?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Øyvind A. Holm wrote:\n> Found an interesting \"Popularity Contest\" graph on debian.org (via\n> Thomas Bassetto on G+):\n>\n> http://bit.ly/rNxVN0\n>\n> Very cool indeed. Maybe it's the rise of GitHub, or simply that the\n> user interface is mature enough that also \"regular\" users feel\n> comfortable with it.\n\nHow were the numbers gathered? I looked around the page but gave up.\n\n-- \nCheers,\nRay Chuan\n"},{"id":"178509","messageId":"CALkWK0=XqndnrFDsODt3+aGpjrWra1wG4NPXSh8sN8xiKXKhbA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"CALUzUxqHNByaV+TL2p4wBcwaLNpiaATw14Jgkb1YwcfXxNkMrg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Ramkumar Ramachandra","fromEmail":"artagnon@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-29T09:12:07Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-29T09:12:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"r@artagnon.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37226?v=4"},"body":"Hi Tay,\n\nTay Ray Chuan writes:\n> How were the numbers gathered? I looked around the page but gave up.\n\nSee: http://popcon.debian.org/FAQ\n\n-- Ram\n"},{"id":"178620","messageId":"vpqfwi8tary.fsf@bauges.imag.fr","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"CAA787r=jeBv9moineaJVY=urYzEX+d7n23ED-txAGhLS+OPbmg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Matthieu Moy","fromEmail":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","sentAt":"2011-11-01T10:08:49Z","receivedAt":"2011-11-01T10:08:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/72c8a2705971a25dfaff23cece15130d405685845d911aedd5667ace277f3fc5?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Øyvind A. Holm writes:\n\n> Found an interesting \"Popularity Contest\" graph on debian.org (via\n> Thomas Bassetto on G+):\n>\n> http://bit.ly/rNxVN0\n>\n> Very cool indeed.\n\nThe recent rise is essentially due to the git-core package renamed to\ngit, and people doing updates:\n\nhttp://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=git%2C+git-core&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1\n\nStill, Git is now more popular than SVN for Debian users accepting the\npopcon data gathering.\n\n-- \nMatthieu Moy\nhttp://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/\n"},{"id":"178636","messageId":"vpqty6n1ybs.fsf@bauges.imag.fr","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"CAA787r=jeBv9moineaJVY=urYzEX+d7n23ED-txAGhLS+OPbmg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Matthieu Moy","fromEmail":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","sentAt":"2011-11-01T18:39:51Z","receivedAt":"2011-11-01T18:39:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/72c8a2705971a25dfaff23cece15130d405685845d911aedd5667ace277f3fc5?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Øyvind A. Holm writes:\n\n> Found an interesting \"Popularity Contest\" graph on debian.org (via\n> Thomas Bassetto on G+):\n>\n> http://bit.ly/rNxVN0\n\nHere are a few other interesting metrics:\n\nhttp://www.ohloh.net/repositories/compare\n=> around 1/4 of the repositories found are Git repositories. Subversion\nhas a bit more than half, and the last 1/4 is essentially CVS.\n\nhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/compare?project_0=Git&project_1=Subversion&project_2=mercurial&submit_2=Go\n=> Git has 2,659 users on ohloh, Subversion has 7,667 and Mercurial has\n795.\n\nFrom those numbers, centralized VCS are still dominant, but Git really\nemerges among DVCS, and is not that far behind.\n\n-- \nMatthieu Moy\nhttp://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/\n"},{"id":"178640","messageId":"7vsjm7lhvg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"vpqty6n1ybs.fsf@bauges.imag.fr","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-11-01T20:14:59Z","receivedAt":"2011-11-01T20:14:59Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Matthieu Moy writes:\n\n> http://www.ohloh.net/p/compare?project_0=Git&project_1=Subversion&project_2=mercurial&submit_2=Go\n> => Git has 2,659 users on ohloh, Subversion has 7,667 and Mercurial has\n> 795.\n\nGit costs $11M (6 years old) while Subversion costs $6.7M (11 years old)?\n"},{"id":"178666","messageId":"buo8vnzgm98.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com","threadId":"28794","inReplyTo":"vpqfwi8tary.fsf@bauges.imag.fr","subject":"Re: Git is exploding","fromName":"Miles Bader","fromEmail":"miles@gnu.org","sentAt":"2011-11-02T04:51:31Z","receivedAt":"2011-11-02T04:51:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"miles@gnu.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/01069b69593af7bff28e2f97afeb3644ae6fe2f5f56cb3a8cf34c5fb8c36efe5?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Matthieu Moy writes:\n> The recent rise is essentially due to the git-core package renamed to\n> git, and people doing updates:\n\nThe renaming would obviously explain the extreme initial steepness of\nthe rise, but it shouldn't have much effect on the absolute values or\nthe more recent numbers.\n\n[Look at git-core+git, basically it makes the initial part of the\ngraph fill in a bit, getting rid of the weird kink and making it more\nsmoothly exponential but doesn't really change the conclusion.]\n\nProbably the main distortion is just the fact that it counts Debian\nusers ... subversion has a lot of stodgy corporate users etc that are\nunlikely to use Debian! :]\n\n--Miles\n\n-- \nTwice, adv. Once too often.\n"}]}