From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 09:15:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Advice on choosing git
Message-ID: <AANLkTimIfAZp0ywpwMyllp3QtmO2Js6H1HhkP4l47bGl@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BEA4B46.6010009@smartmediacorp.com>

Hi,

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Noah Silverman <noah@smartmediacorp.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for both a version control system and backup system.

I recommend git for versioning and bup [1] for backup.

> Bazaar also looks like a possible option, but I'm not sure it handles
> drive usage better.  Their website has a lengthy manifesto about how
> they're better than Git, but I don't have enough experience with either
> to make an informed decision.

Scott Chacon maintains this page [2] that compares Git with other
versioning systems. From my personal experience, I find Bazaar to be
quite horrible and slow. Mercurial is user-friendly, but nowhere near
Git in terms of speed, power, and size.

-- Ram

[1] http://github.com/apenwarr/bup
[2] http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/