Re: [Boost-users] Git vs SVN (was: Re: What's happened to Ryppl?)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Git vs SVN (was: Re: What's happened to Ryppl?)
From: Frédéric Bron (frederic.bron_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-28 06:28:26

>   The ability to do incremental check-ins without requiring a network
>   connection is a huge win for me.

This point is really key for me too. I am using git for all my work
and svn only for boost. I am currently working on an extension of the
type traits libraries and it is a real pain to not being able to do:

- partial commits (= do not commit every thing)
- local commits (= commit things but do not bother others, i.e. no
need to wait for a perfect solution before commiting)

>   In my experience, branching is cheaper and much lighter-weight in
>   Git than in SVN.

That is very interesting also: branching is very very easy.

For me cvs is 1, svn is 2 and git is 1000. I would love if boost switch to git.

Frédéric