Why's Git called Git ?

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I am toying with using a VCS for a set of related projects, either CVS
because its well known, SubVersion for ease of use, or Git as it is new.
Lots to descide upon, any pointers would be appreciated.

CVS is showing it's age; mainly the fact that IIRC it began as a series of
scripts over RCS, file level version control system, extending version
control to sets of files, somewhat. Branching in CVS is serious PITA.
Renaming _with_ retaining full and correct history: forget about it.

Okay, we like branching and forking.

Subversion is "better CVS": still centralized, CVS infernal branching
replaced by "cheap copy" branching. Well known, replaces CVS thorough OSS
projects.

Okay.

Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Bazaar-NG, Darcs are new brand of distributed 
VCS.
I really like notion of branching in Git; but be warned about tracking and
not recording renames, and the need of explicit packing (the latter very
minor). Powerfull, perhaps too powerfull for newbie user: but that is what
Cogito is for (although now Git contains fairly large set of high-level
commands).

We like to move forward.

 http://git.or.cz/
 http://git.or.cz/gitwiki
 http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Git
and "Other version control software" at
 http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitLinks

Yes, been there, thanks though.

P.S. If you decide to use Git as VCS for your project, consider adding 
entry
about it on http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitProjects wiki page.

Looks like I maybe doing a preliminary Windows Git HOWTO on the GitWiki, if 
no one else has trod this ground :) (Might need some proper help testing 
though)

Thanks,

Aaron

Aaron Gray wrote:

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I really like notion of branching in Git; but be warned about tracking and
not recording renames, and the need of explicit packing (the latter very
minor). Powerfull, perhaps too powerfull for newbie user: but that is what
Cogito is for (although now Git contains fairly large set of high-level
commands).

We like to move forward.

What I like a lot in Git is very easy switching of working area between 
branches, and to arbitrary commit (point in history).

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git