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Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument

From
Marcin Kasperski <marcin.kasperski@softax.com.pl>
Date
Apr 17, 2007, 19:36 UTC
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<462521C7.2050103@softax.com.pl>
In-Reply-To
<20070417173007.GV2229@spearce.org>

Let me add some salt. At the moment, there are at least two immediate show-stoppers for using git in many organizations:

a) Windows are unsupported b) Learning curve is too steep. Unclear relationship git-vs-cogito makes it even worse.

Third is also very likely:
c) Lack of reasonable subproject support (plus detailed permission model).
 From tools similar to git, Mercurial performs significantly better (at 
least it works
on Win and is easy to learn, although some GUI would be needed in most cases
before it could be truly implemented).

PS I am in related pos, long years ago I introduced CVS to my org - replacing CMS on VMS, RCS on Unix and manual copies on Win, now I am sensing possibilities, but...

PS2 I am not sure whether git aims to handle corporate cases, or even whether it should, those remarks are addressed rather to those who consider using it in such situation, than to those who wrote it.

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  87. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2007
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  93. Jakub NarebskiApr 19, 2007
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  98. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2007
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  102. Shawn O. PearceApr 20, 2007
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  106. Petr BaudisApr 20, 2007
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  113. Marcin KasperskiApr 19, 2007
  114. Alex RiesenApr 19, 2007
  115. Andy ParkinsApr 19, 2007
  116. Shawn O. PearceApr 20, 2007
  117. Eric BlakeApr 20, 2007
  118. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2007
  119. Marcin KasperskiApr 19, 2007
  120. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2007

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