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Re: do you recommend "git" (over svn) for a 1-person team???

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GHGreg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com>
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Jan 29, 2009, 02:46 UTC
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does the concept of me setting up my own central git server as well make any sense from the point of view of a way to ensure I can (when I'm not remote) "check-in" to the central git server & thereby keep a separate copy of my code (i.e. effectively a backup)

2009/1/29 Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>:
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> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:15 PM, James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Do you recommend "git" (over svn) for a 1-person team???
>>
>> Yes, emphatically.  I do it myself all the time.
>
> +1!
>
>  - offline work on your laptop
>  - "git stash"
>  - keep various branches (experimental, feature, stable...), with
> untold flexibility for cherrypicking, merges, etc
>  - bisect!
>  - visualise things with gitk
>  - search with gitk for specific bits of code, changes (pickaxe), etc
>
> once you start... it's a bit addictive...
>
>
> m
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  1. Greg HauptmannJan 29, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierJan 29, 2009
  3. Ted PavlicJan 29, 2009
  4. James PickensJan 29, 2009
  5. Martin LanghoffJan 29, 2009
  6. Greg HauptmannJan 29, 2009
  7. Ted PavlicJan 29, 2009
  8. Jeff KingJan 29, 2009
  9. Ted PavlicJan 29, 2009
  10. Garry DolleyJan 29, 2009
  11. david@lang.hmJan 29, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2009

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