Re: early days before git's invention
Thank you all for the information!
Zhi
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com> writes:
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> > I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just
> > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux
> > kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper
> > can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used
> > before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to
> > manage?
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> For why BitKeeper could not be used, see:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history
> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982
> http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0
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> http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html
> http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html
> http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html
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> Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for
> changes); patches were send by email (on LKML). Some maintainers used
> tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management.
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> P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has
> quite different development model than Linux.
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> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
>
Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com>