Git weekly links: 2008-51

Hi,

This week tortoisegit stole the spotlight. Maybe there weren't many
other links, or maybe I failed to notice them. Also, many people liked
the comment of Linus Torvalds regarding C++ in git.

blog version:
http://gitlog.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/git-weekly-links-2008-51/

== Articles ==

Agile git and the story branch pattern
Practical explanation about how to use feature branches and why they are good.
http://blog.hasmanythrough.com/2008/12/18/agile-git-and-the-story-branch-pattern

Using Git to Maintain Your Website
http://dmiessler.com/blog/using-git-to-maintain-your-website

How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub
http://mojombo.github.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-300k.html

Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.
Linus Torvalds creates some buzz
http://lwn.net/Articles/249460/

== General links ==

tortoisegit
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

Blog posts on Git (usage)
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/BlogPosts

== My picks ==

Learning git-svn in 5min
http://tsunanet.blogspot.com/2007/07/learning-git-svn-in-5min.html

-- 
Felipe Contreras

"Felipe Contreras" [off-list ref] writes:

This week tortoisegit stole the spotlight. Maybe there weren't many
other links, or maybe I failed to notice them. Also, many people liked
the comment of Linus Torvalds regarding C++ in git.

blog version:
http://gitlog.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/git-weekly-links-2008-51/

== Articles ==

Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.
Linus Torvalds creates some buzz
http://lwn.net/Articles/249460/

A not countered counter:
C++ is a horrible language
http://skepticalmethodologist.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/c-is-a-horrible-language/
 

== General links ==

tortoisegit
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

What about "Git Extensions":
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/
http://github.com/spdr870/gitextensions/

And "TortoiseGit Challenge":
http://github.com/blog/256-tortoisegit-challenge

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

"Felipe Contreras" [off-list ref] writes:

This week tortoisegit stole the spotlight. Maybe there weren't many
other links, or maybe I failed to notice them. Also, many people liked
the comment of Linus Torvalds regarding C++ in git.

It seems that the week was quieter than usual, perhaps?

Many are rather old news.  People who know git world better, but do not
know how you are generating this list and for what purpose, may interpret
this as "Here are links I recommend you to follow and read this week" and
incorrectly think "why is this bozo listing these ancient news as this
week's?"

I do not think you would want that.  You may want to briefly mention at
the beginning of each issue (say two-line paragraph) how the links listed
here are chosen, primarily to explain that these are not hand-picked by
you, but culled from the public bookmarks, i.e. "what people are reading
this week" or something like that.

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] wrote:

"Felipe Contreras" [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

This week tortoisegit stole the spotlight. Maybe there weren't many
other links, or maybe I failed to notice them. Also, many people liked
the comment of Linus Torvalds regarding C++ in git.

blog version:
http://gitlog.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/git-weekly-links-2008-51/

== Articles ==

Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.
Linus Torvalds creates some buzz
http://lwn.net/Articles/249460/

A not countered counter:
C++ is a horrible language
http://skepticalmethodologist.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/c-is-a-horrible-language/

quoted

== General links ==

tortoisegit
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

What about "Git Extensions":
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/
http://github.com/spdr870/gitextensions/

And "TortoiseGit Challenge":
http://github.com/blog/256-tortoisegit-challenge

I didn't see many people bookmarking those links, but I added them to
the blog post as your picks.

-- 
Felipe Contreras