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Asking some folks who know about such things in detail, they said this about Git: - Designed specifically to deal with managing the Linux kernel - Not suited fo
by ivankirigin 19y ago
Asking some folks who know about such things in detail, they said this about Git:
- Designed specifically to deal with managing the Linux kernel
- Not suited for large projects
- Reliability of the database is way below acceptable levels.
Svn works pretty well.
- neilc 19y agoI suggest that "those folks" don't have a clue, at least if their quoted response is any indication. Git is plainly "suited for large projects" (if the kernel qualifies as large), and I'm mystified as to why they think the "database" is unreliable in comparison with other VC systems (Git places a pretty strong emphasis on guaranteeing that exactly the same content that was put into the system can be subsequently retrieved).
- ivankirigin 19y agoThis goes to show it's an issue. The source is a very smart guy, but I too was confused about the "large project" comment. I work in robotics, whose systems can get very, very large. And perhaps by large, he means many different projects in a company. I don't know enough about Git to say.
- nickb 19y agoSvn sucks. Ever tried some more "advanced" stuff like merge? Svn managed to bungle up something as basic as merge. Linux kernel is a huge project and Git handles it better than anything.