Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument

"Pietro Mascagni" [off-list ref] writes:

So, in 15 seconds, how does one argue that GIT is vastly superior to
other version control software, especially CVS.

Vs CVS, in 15 seconds, I'd say:

* Atomic commits. CVS makes it hard to get back to a consistant state
  in the past. What does it mean, for example to checkout revision 1.5
  of a project in CVS (hint: nothing, it's meaningfull for a file
  only).

* Rename management.

* Performance.

* Perhaps your boss will be interested in the "data integrity" (i.e.
  git fsck) problem too.

You have also the joker argument "Linus Torvalds is very intelligent,
and he gave up with CVS looong ago", but it might or might not work.

If you have to argue against SVN, you'll need more than 15
seconds ;-).

-- 
Matthieu