As a linux user who has seen the positive impact on the quality of the linux kernel since git went live for that project (for which git was designed IIRC), I have to say that we need to give a high priority to adoption of this tool.<br>
<br>As with any change, the benfits will not be immediate, and not without some pain. But especially in this case, the benefits are within reach and quite significant.<br><br>I, for one, have hope of making a contribution, as I can develop at my own pace and synch up/rebase later - and should I happen to make a substantially significant contribution, it is that much easier for core to incorporate it, should that be desireable.<br>
<br>I'm all for it.<br><br>+1<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Michael Cortez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcortez@gmail.com">mcortez@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Sean Dague wrote:<br>
> My hope is championing this is that it will make it easier to have<br>
> multiple people actively working on core features in opensim (as<br>
> conflict resolution is much easier with git), and make it easier for non<br>
> core people to contribute more advanced function, as work can be staged<br>
> and rebased externally.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Comments as always are welcomed. As with any potential change, there<br>
> will be bumps in the road, and some things will need to be relearned.<br>
> But I think it is worth it for many of the new abilities we'll get with git.<br>
><br>
</div>I've previously had a chance to work with a distributed version control<br>
system (Bitkeeper) on an Open Source project, and I felt at the time and<br>
still do that overall the benefits outweighed the down sides.<br>
<br>
There can be a bit of a learning curve, new tools, new terminology and<br>
if used to it's full potential, new methodologies. This can be<br>
daunting, and when the project I previously worked on transitioned from<br>
to Bitkeeper there was an initial slow down in productivity, but once<br>
everyone was familiar with the tools -- development accelerated to<br>
levels that weren't previously possible.<br>
<br>
Git won't make all conflicts go away, but it can reduce them<br>
significantly. Particularly around areas where file renames and moves<br>
are occurring.<br>
<br>
+1 to Git.<br>
<br>
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<font color="#888888">Michael Cortez<br>
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