Comments on: Will Git Drive Open Source Contribution http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2009/09/24/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution/ Thoughts while working and playing as a Software Developer Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Develop in the Cloud - Tim Kellogg - How to Make an OSS Project Thrive http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2009/09/24/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution/#comment-438 Develop in the Cloud - Tim Kellogg - How to Make an OSS Project Thrive Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:07:53 +0000 /blogs/chrismissal/archive/2009/09/23/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution.aspx#comment-438 [...] using a distributed version-control system -- probably Git and Github. A DVCS makes sharing ideas so much easier and social than traditional version control that contributions will definitely start to pour in if [...] [...] using a distributed version-control system — probably Git and Github. A DVCS makes sharing ideas so much easier and social than traditional version control that contributions will definitely start to pour in if [...]

]]> By: Enrique Ramirez http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2009/09/24/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution/#comment-137 Enrique Ramirez Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:03:58 +0000 /blogs/chrismissal/archive/2009/09/23/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution.aspx#comment-137 Well I for one once thought exactly like Borek above, only that I was hooked on Bazaar instead of Mercurial. The thing is, I had to work on Git for a single project where I had no other choice, and after learning it everything just clicked for me. Yes, the terminology is not "intuitive" for people coming from cvs/svn/bzr/hg. After reading up on the commands a bit, though, it makes sense and it becomes a non issue. Where git really shines is when you are working on an open source project with active contributors. There's no surprise there, it's exactly what it was designed for. It makes it really easy for a developer to submit changes, and it makes it equally easy for the project lead to integrate those changes painlessly. And to comment on "Why do we, Windows developers, use something that can't run natively on Windows?". I never liked the idea of installing Cygwin just to get git going. With the creation of msysgit this is no longer necessary and both the command-line interface and GUI look like they are running natively. Give it a shot, it makes installation painless and easy. Well I for one once thought exactly like Borek above, only that I was hooked on Bazaar instead of Mercurial. The thing is, I had to work on Git for a single project where I had no other choice, and after learning it everything just clicked for me. Yes, the terminology is not “intuitive” for people coming from cvs/svn/bzr/hg. After reading up on the commands a bit, though, it makes sense and it becomes a non issue.

Where git really shines is when you are working on an open source project with active contributors. There’s no surprise there, it’s exactly what it was designed for. It makes it really easy for a developer to submit changes, and it makes it equally easy for the project lead to integrate those changes painlessly.

And to comment on “Why do we, Windows developers, use something that can’t run natively on Windows?”. I never liked the idea of installing Cygwin just to get git going. With the creation of msysgit this is no longer necessary and both the command-line interface and GUI look like they are running natively. Give it a shot, it makes installation painless and easy.

]]> By: Borek http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2009/09/24/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution/#comment-136 Borek Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:24:26 +0000 /blogs/chrismissal/archive/2009/09/23/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution.aspx#comment-136 Why do we, Windows developers, use something that can't run natively on Windows? Mercurial seems so much more natural on our platform yet no one uses it in the .NET community. Mercurial is often not even mentioned by the people moving away from svn. I don't get it. Why do we, Windows developers, use something that can’t run natively on Windows? Mercurial seems so much more natural on our platform yet no one uses it in the .NET community. Mercurial is often not even mentioned by the people moving away from svn. I don’t get it.

]]> By: Andrew Chisholm http://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2009/09/24/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution/#comment-135 Andrew Chisholm Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:15:30 +0000 /blogs/chrismissal/archive/2009/09/23/will-git-drive-open-source-contribution.aspx#comment-135 I must admit at first I was skeptical that Git would be for me, I'm a Windows developer who almost never touches the command line. But using msysgit and/or Google's Git Extensions it is the easiest version control system I've used, and definitely the fastest. I've still yet to see a really straightforward tutorial (most overcomplicate the issues). I must admit at first I was skeptical that Git would be for me, I’m a Windows developer who almost never touches the command line. But using msysgit and/or Google’s Git Extensions it is the easiest version control system I’ve used, and definitely the fastest. I’ve still yet to see a really straightforward tutorial (most overcomplicate the issues).

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