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I'm sorry, I'm getting way too bored in the meeting I'm in atm, but I believe this is false: > With distributed VCS, a copy of the most current version of the

by pbalau 7y ago

I'm sorry, I'm getting way too bored in the meeting I'm in atm, but I believe this is false: > With distributed VCS, a copy of the most current version of the code resides on each developer’s device There is nothing that can guarantee the copy you have is the latest. Can be very far back, can be forward, can be diverged to hell.

komali2 7y ago
I think that sentence doesn't intend to imply such a guarantee, but instead indicates ideal up to date state of the repo.
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gumby 7y ago
In fact that description is even more wrong since every RCS has a copy of the checked out tree -- that's the whole point of an RCS! With git (why does that article insist on spelling it "Git"?) you have a copy of the whole tree, so every clone can also be a an upstream tree for somebody else if desired.
- erikstrottmann 7y ago
  AFAICT, Git documentation capitalizes the first letter: > The advantages of Git compared to other source control systems. [0] > You can learn more about individual Git commands with "git help command". [1] [0] https://git-scm.com https://git-scm.com [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/git.1.html http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/git.1.html
  - gumby 7y ago
    Interesting, old programs like 'rm' only use lower case but new programs like bash and git (or should I say "Bash" and "Git") capitalize the program name sometimes. Given that Unix (not "unix") inherited case sensitivity from Multics I would expect more consistency in the spelling. (Clearly I'm focusing on the most important topics in computing!)
pfarrell 7y ago
You are /technically/ correct... the best kind of correct. A more accurate version of that sentence would be, "With distributed VCS, a copy of the entire code base, including the history of changes, resides on each developer's device"
- boublepop 7y ago
  That’s not correct either. The more accurate version (which is also still wrong) would be: “with distributed VCS, a subset of the entire code base, including history about a subset of changes might reside on a subset of the developers devices and other storage locations” (With a reminder that any set is a subset of itself)

by pbalau 7y ago

komali2 7y ago

I think that sentence doesn't intend to imply such a guarantee, but instead indicates ideal up to date state of the repo.

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gumby 7y ago

In fact that description is even more wrong since every RCS has a copy of the checked out tree -- that's the whole point of an RCS! With git (why does that article insist on spelling it "Git"?) you have a copy of the whole tree, so every clone can also be a an upstream tree for somebody else if desired.

erikstrottmann 7y ago
AFAICT, Git documentation capitalizes the first letter: > The advantages of Git compared to other source control systems. [0] > You can learn more about individual Git commands with "git help command". [1] [0] https://git-scm.com https://git-scm.com [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/git.1.html http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/git.1.html
- gumby 7y ago
  Interesting, old programs like 'rm' only use lower case but new programs like bash and git (or should I say "Bash" and "Git") capitalize the program name sometimes. Given that Unix (not "unix") inherited case sensitivity from Multics I would expect more consistency in the spelling. (Clearly I'm focusing on the most important topics in computing!)

pfarrell 7y ago

You are /technically/ correct... the best kind of correct. A more accurate version of that sentence would be, "With distributed VCS, a copy of the entire code base, including the history of changes, resides on each developer's device"

boublepop 7y ago
That’s not correct either. The more accurate version (which is also still wrong) would be: “with distributed VCS, a subset of the entire code base, including history about a subset of changes might reside on a subset of the developers devices and other storage locations” (With a reminder that any set is a subset of itself)