> Actually, this demonstrates a problem right here. It's not clear to me what you mean by these terms. I'm not trying to get in an ego stroking contest here, I

> Actually, this demonstrates a problem right here. It's not clear to me what you mean by these terms. I'm not trying to get in an ego stroking contest here, I'm just providing anecdata. I worked with SVN for ~4 years and git for ~4 more. What StevePerkins was asking was perfectly clear to me after about three seconds of thinking. Of course, in an interview, I would be sure to parrot back my understanding of the question. :) FWIW, you and I understood his question to mean the same thing.