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Subject: early days before git's invention
Zhi LiHello list,
I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to manage?
Zhi
Re: early days before git's invention
El Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23:08 +0800, Zhi Li escribió:
> Hello list,
Hi [ ... ]
> used, so git was invented. My question is what was used before > BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to manage?
Tarballs and patches :-)
> > Zhi
Johannes SchindelinRe: early days before git's invention
Hi,
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Zhi Li wrote:
> I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux kernel > was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper can not be > used, so git was invented. My question is what was used before > BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to manage?
Please read the transcript of Linus' talk about Git, it should contain all the information you are interested in [*1*]:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/LinusTalk200705Transcript
Ciao, Dscho
Footnote *1*: For more background on the BitKeeper sadness: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory
Jakub NarebskiRe: early days before git's invention
Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux > kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper > can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used > before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to > manage?
For why BitKeeper could not be used, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0
http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html
Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for changes); patches were send by email (on LKML). Some maintainers used tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management.
P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has quite different development model than Linux.
-- Jakub Narebski Poland
Zhi LiRe: early days before git's invention
Thank you all for the information!
Zhi
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Zhi Li <lizhi1215@gmail.com> writes: > > > I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just > > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux > > kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper > > can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used > > before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to > > manage? > > For why BitKeeper could not be used, see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory > http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982 > http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0 > > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html > > Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for > changes); patches were send by email (on LKML). Some maintainers used > tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management. > > > P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has > quite different development model than Linux. > > -- > Jakub Narebski > Poland >