Subversion to enable Git-like features

Yes absolutely - Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Subversion is for everyone, of course it's not. However the next release will see considerable improvement for all Subversion users. Who knows, some Git users might even come back ;)

Re: Subversion to enable Git-like features

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Post by jpcx01 » Fri, Feb 19, 2010, 1:01 PM UTC

Anyone here still use SVN? Its been so long I barely remember how to spell it.

Re: Subversion to enable Git-like features

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Post by InclinedPlane » Fri, Feb 19, 2010, 1:05 PM UTC

cookiecaper wrote: post #2

I think you're better off just using Git.

Git is basically the epitome of why linux will never have significant marketshare on the desktop. Sure, Git is an amazing tool, but its usability is utterly horrific. And Git's most prominent users tend to be extremely sophisticated and intelligent software developers who are able to come to grips with these usability problems quite easily, so their response to those problems tends to be "get over it, git is great, use it anyway, it's not that big a deal, quit whining" which is no better than "let them eat cake".

When people use a computer they want usability, they want a GUI (where relevant), they don't want an ALTAIR front-panel with a bunch of inscrutable toggles and equally inscrutable lights. This is why Mercurial is so popular despite being so similar to Git. Until the Git team accept these problems as real problems and do something about them Git will be relegated to a niche tool and 10 or 20 years down the road when every dev is using DVCS it won't be Git it'll be Mercurial or SVN-DVCS or something new.

Re: Subversion to enable Git-like features

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Post by mru » Fri, Feb 19, 2010, 1:24 PM UTC

InclinedPlane wrote: post #7

cookiecaper wrote: post #2

I think you're better off just using Git.

Git is basically the epitome of why linux will never have significant marketshare on the desktop. Sure, Git is an amazing tool, but its usability is utterly horrific. And Git's most prominent users tend to be extremely sophisticated and intelligent software developers who are able to come to grips with these usability problems quite easily, so their response to those problems tends to be "get over it, git is great, u…