A comparison of Git and SVN. Or, why you should switch to Git.

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                       	"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects
                       	after myself. First Linux, now git." - Linus Torvalds

A comparison of Git and SVN

How is Git different?

• Concepts

  • HEAD
  • Commits
  • Push/Pull

• Distributed

• Offline development

• Non-linear

• Branching and merging

Why does it benefit you?

• Workflow

• Git-stash

• Git doesn't steal the filesystem

Why does it benefit the company?

• Broken/unfinished code isn't pushed

• No single point of failure

• More control over features and deployment

GUI vs. CLI

• Do you trust Dreamweaver to generate valid, semantic HTML/CSS that you can understand and maintain?

Resources

Git shouldn't be so hard to learn

Why Git is better than X

My top X reasons for moving to DVCS (Git)

The Git Parable

A Subversion User Looks at Git

Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on Git