The introduction is misleading.
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| TxtEdMacs Mar 11, 2010 6:26 PM EDT |
Note [serious] tags.Quoting: [...] Git is the revision control system created by the Linux kernel’s famous Linus Torvalds due to a lack of satisfaction with existing solutions.No Linus was quite satisfied with the tool he had, from a friend no less. That is, free use of a closed source [commercial] distributed version control system, where the Linux kernel developers were allowed to use it under what became increasingly stringent conditions. Moreover, Linus was warned of the inconsistency and potential conflict that might arise by using his friend's product. But he happily chose to ignore the possible problems. The breaking point arrived when one of the Linux kernel developers created a Free component that was one of this product's critical features. This resulted in the withdrawal of rights to use the application from all kernel developers. [This is from memory a number of stories were written on the topic before, and after the breakup. Moreover, some stories on the gestation of Git included the alluded to history.] End [/serious] It's nice to see new blood taking a liking to Linux and associated FL/OSS tools, but to me this seemed like just yesterday, though I know it must of happened years ago. Your Buddy Txt. [aka YBT] |
| TxtEdMacs Mar 11, 2010 6:41 PM EDT |
Sorry Folks, It gets worse, not only is the history lost but the description of how Git works is plain vanilla version control. Thus wrong. The distributed aspect is unrecognized. That is, each developer may not themselves have a complete version of the latest code. Even older code that a developer has no interest might be missing from that developers version. Git allows (from the little I understand) moving code merges as developers take on changes and threads created by others. [Feel free to disabuse me of my ignorance.] I am hoping the instructions are correct, since I only scanned the article after recognizing how new the author is to Linux I jumped to comment. But I am interested in the topic, since I had already bookmarked the article. I am thinking of moving to Git, but at a baby step pace. YBT |
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