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Re: Hello All and Seeking Information

From
Christian MICHON <christian.michon@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 24, 2008, 16:39 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm new to the list so I figured I'd introduce myself instead of just
> wall-flowering... "Hello"... :)
>
> Anyway, I really like a lot of the concepts found in Git and the
> reported power and flexibility of it are very intriguing.  However,
> there are some issues that I can't wrap my head around, such as how
> you can guarantee that all developers are working on the same
> code-base without a central repo.  I would classify a lot of my issues
> as paradigm rather than technically related. I understand a lot of
> Git's underpinnings and the basic usage of it, I just can't wrap my
> head around the higher-order parts of it.
>
> I've done some Googling and I can't find a good 'Introduction to
> Distributed SCM Concepts for Centralized SCM Developers' article yet.
> Ideally, this would be an article all about the high-level thought
> processes that go into utilizing Distributed SCM in a team environment
> where having a single canonical representation of your project that
> all developers are working off of is important.
>
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/LinusTalk200705Transcript
but the video is obviously more fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
-- 
Christian
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http://detaolb.sourceforge.net/, a linux distribution for Qemu with Git inside !
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  2. Bruce StephensNov 24, 2008
  3. Christian MICHONNov 24, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiNov 24, 2008
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