Comments on: Oooh the excitement is palpable http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/ Social media and web design agency operating in London and Brighton Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matthew Hill http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Matthew Hill Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:21:01 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-869 !!? You lot need to get out of that Dev Den a bit more! ;-) Still, I probably contributed a fair few to that total. Do I get a slice of cake? !!? You lot need to get out of that Dev Den a bit more!

;-)

Still, I probably contributed a fair few to that total. Do I get a slice of cake?

]]> By: Hendrik http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Hendrik Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:46:54 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-868 Steve, don't give in to the hype. git rocks, and personally, I couldn't go back to SVN for my own projects, but SVN is still really good and definitely has its place. And yes, in some scenarios it will be the better choice, as it's generally easier to grok. If some of your developers are interested in learning/using git, it <a href="http://tsunanet.blogspot.com/2007/07/learning-git-svn-in-5min.html" rel="nofollow">can be used together with an existing SVN repository</a>, giving you most of git's advantages while still retaining a central SVN-powered repository. Steve, don’t give in to the hype. git rocks, and personally, I couldn’t go back to SVN for my own projects, but SVN is still really good and definitely has its place. And yes, in some scenarios it will be the better choice, as it’s generally easier to grok.

If some of your developers are interested in learning/using git, it can be used together with an existing SVN repository, giving you most of git’s advantages while still retaining a central SVN-powered repository.

]]> By: Trevor May http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Trevor May Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:22:50 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-867 Don't worry, we'll let everyone know on the <a href="http://twitter.com/nixonmcinnes/" rel="nofollow">regular twitter feed</a> as well. I'm <b>certain</b> you're all biting your nails with anticipation... Don’t worry, we’ll let everyone know on the regular twitter feed as well. I’m certain you’re all biting your nails with anticipation…

]]> By: Steve http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Steve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:07:28 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-866 (BTW, Tom -- devden feed is protected as we're using http://www.grouptweet.com/ to broadcast messages across the dev team) (BTW, Tom — devden feed is protected as we’re using http://www.grouptweet.com/ to broadcast messages across the dev team)

]]> By: Steve http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Steve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:05:58 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-865 Haha, yea, I've heard the git hype -- I'm sure some of it's justified, I'd like to take a look sometime. There are a few TortoiseSVN fans here (myself included) so could be a bit of a wrench to switch though! Haha, yea, I’ve heard the git hype — I’m sure some of it’s justified, I’d like to take a look sometime. There are a few TortoiseSVN fans here (myself included) so could be a bit of a wrench to switch though!

]]> By: Hendrik http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Hendrik Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:52:54 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-864 What's wrong with you?! :P Have you had a look at git like all the other cool kids? It's not as accessible as SVN (yet?), but actually works really well in a distributed environment. It abandons the 100% linear, revision based setup SCMs like SVN use and that will bit you in the behind at some point, making branching and merging a much more complex operation than they should be. Only problem with it right now is that it doesn't have a Windows client as great as TortoiseSVN, which may be a deal-break in an agency environment. What’s wrong with you?! :P

Have you had a look at git like all the other cool kids? It’s not as accessible as SVN (yet?), but actually works really well in a distributed environment. It abandons the 100% linear, revision based setup SCMs like SVN use and that will bit you in the behind at some point, making branching and merging a much more complex operation than they should be.

Only problem with it right now is that it doesn’t have a Windows client as great as TortoiseSVN, which may be a deal-break in an agency environment.

]]> By: Steve http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Steve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:24:02 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-863 @Hendrik, yea one SVN repository, each project is just a folder in SVN, with trunk/tags/branches under that. @Hendrik, yea one SVN repository, each project is just a folder in SVN, with trunk/tags/branches under that.

]]> By: Hendrik http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Hendrik Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:56:52 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-862 What, you're using a single repository for all your projects? What, you’re using a single repository for all your projects?

]]> By: Tom http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Tom Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:27:58 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-861 Why's the devden Twitter feed protected? Why’s the devden Twitter feed protected?

]]> By: Steve http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Steve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:01:19 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2008/06/03/oooh-the-excitement-is-palpable/#comment-860 As of 10 o'clock this morning, we are a mere 24 commits away from 10000 -- I can barely contain myself! :) As of 10 o’clock this morning, we are a mere 24 commits away from 10000 — I can barely contain myself! :)

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