Re: Git Vs. Svn for a project which *must* distribute binaries too.

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:48:17PM +0100, Bryan Childs wrote:

2) Unlike the Linux Kernel, which Linus uses as a prime example of
something git is very useful for, the Rockbox project has no central
figurehead for anyone to consider as owning the "master" repository
from which to build the "current" version of the Rockbox firmware for
any given target.

3) With a central repository, for which we have a limited number of
individuals having commit access, it's easy for us to automate a build
based on each commit the repository receives.

You might want to take a look at http://repo.or.cz for an example of
how you can have a limited number of trusted inidividuals with commit
access.  As has been said before, <SCM> is not a substitute for
communication, and if you have multiple people who can commit into a
repository, you had better make sure those trusted individuals with
commit access are talking to each other.  

There are some folks who have created hooks to do more fine-grained
access control systems, if you want to replicate SVN's ability to
control who can commit to which branch.  

Regards,

						- Ted