git and github ftw
April 21st, 2008
So I've completely moved over to using git the awesome version control system by uber geek Linus Torvalds after being told about it by uber geek in his own right Matt Keenan in great (and might I say, confuzzling detail at the time). I've moved all of my public source code over to github, you can check it here. Will be updating all articles that reference the old repository and taking it offline this week!
I used to love subversion no, not attempting to overthrow government... the version control system that used to be all the rage. Not sure what happened when we started using git but it just felt right, I feel like a ninja even though I've barely got my yellow belt. Try it, you'll get hooked.
What better a place to try it out than by registering for a free account over at github, it's an amazing hosted version control service. I'm using it for all of my secret new company projects. Did I mention they already have integration hooks for Campfire, Lighthouse, Twitter and IRC. With many more to come (I guess?), or you could roll your own with their cool and dare I say innovative post receive feature (where they will do a http post with all the parameters for a commit to a url you specify) neat!
There's an interesting google tech talk by Linus himself, and a peepcode screencast that you might want to check out. Oh and Jamis Buck already rolled in git support into capistrano, so if you haven't given it a look the time is definitely right.
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April 21st, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Hey David!
you might also want to check out the GIT Tech Talk by Randal Schwartz: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3999952944619245780
It is more hands-on than the one with Linus. I think it's also a better intro.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Yea saw the video a good while from Linus. Looks very interesting. Was never a fan of the SVN setup worked even though i knew it was better than not having it. Going to give it a try.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Sorry about the horrible English above. Was slightly distracted when I wrote it.