[thelist] Source Control

Christopher Marsh Christopher.Marsh at akqa.com
Wed Dec 23 09:52:16 CST 2009


> > Has anyone used this in anger - and if so is it advisable?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance!
> 
> Yes, it works. In fact, using git-svn is better than using Subversion
> directly, for all of the reasons previously mentioned. It also pulls
> all of Subversion's gotchas into your world, so if you can avoid using
> it, you should. But if you're collaborating on an established
> Subversion repo and you can't (for whatever reason) get everybody else
> to switch SCM systems, then git-svn is a good compromise.

Thanks Jim, very useful. This is indeed the case, and whereas a global switch to Git may be on the cards at some point, I think it would have to be a staged thing.

Cheers!

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Regards

Chris Marsh


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