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Re: Last mile to 1.0?

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KSKevin Smith <yarcs@qualitycode.com>
Date
Jul 23, 2005, 14:47 UTC
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<42E25874.2090201@qualitycode.com>
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<20050723085031.GD3255@mythryan2.michonline.com>
Ryan Anderson wrote:
> Git falls into the category of distributed source code management tools,
> similar to Arch or Darcs (or, in the commercial world, BitKeeper).  This
> means that every working directory is a full-fledged repository with
> full revision tracking capabilities.

That's not actually what "distributed" means. There are several distributed SCM tools[1] that store repo information outside the actual working directory.

Perhaps that last sentence could be something like "This means that each developer has a local full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access to a central server." I'm sure there are better wordings, but I hate to point out an problem without offering at least one possible improvement.

Kevin

[1] I believe that ArX, monotone, codeville, and svk all fall into this category. Possibly even Arch itself, although I haven't researched that.

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  1. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2005
  2. Eric W. BiedermanJul 16, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2005
  4. David LangJul 17, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  6. Alexey NezhdanovJul 18, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  8. Alexey NezhdanovJul 18, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  10. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  11. Gene HeskettJul 23, 2005
  12. 0/6 A bit better dumb server supportJunio C Hamano, Jul 24, 2005
  13. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  14. Gene HeskettJul 23, 2005
  15. Kevin SmithJul 23, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2005
  17. Alexey NezhdanovJul 24, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2005

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