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Practical Reasons To Choose Git Or Subversion?

Posted by kdawson on from the while-we're-at-it-do-you-like-vi-or-emacs dept.

markmcb writes "I develop Rails applications and recently followed my lemming herd and made the switch to Git after learning some of the practical advantages Git offers over Subversion. As I'm sure there are many die-hard Subversion fans in the Slashdot audience, I'm curious what your key reasons are for sticking with Subversion. If possible, I'd like reasons that apply to 'most of the time' as opposed to arguments based on obscure features that may get used only a few times ever."

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  1. Blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can have my cvsroot when you pry it out of my cold dead fat hands.

  2. Neck and Neck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can honestly say that I have no preference of one over the other; having only just heard of them both by the OP.

  3. Real programmers by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real programmers type cat | cc and get it right the first time.

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    1. Re:Real programmers by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Real programmers type cat | cc and get it right the first time.

      Some of us don't have to cling to safety blankets like that. We prefer the simplicity of cat > a.out

  4. Depends what you need more. by Ant+P. · · Score: 5, Funny

    SVN is better for Windows users.
    Git is better for Git users.

  5. Re:Windows. by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Git is an excellent piece of software, but Windows performance is not so great.

    Git could paint your house and buy you a girlfriend, but that wouldn't help Windows.

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  6. Re:My own opinion (prob. very controversial) by imbaczek · · Score: 4, Funny

    cp sucks at merging.

  7. Re:Windows. by ozamosi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Git could [..] buy you a girlfriend

    Dunno 'bout you guys, but that right there settles it for me. Git it is!

  8. Re:Windows. by Rayban · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just be careful with the order of command-line args. You wouldn't want it to paint your girlfriend (or maybe you do?).

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  9. Re:Windows. by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Git could [..] buy you a girlfriend

    Dunno 'bout you guys, but that right there settles it for me. Git it is!

    Congratulations. Your new girlfriend's name is 'Richard Stalman' and you can call her 'RMS' for short.

    Enjoy your new girlfriend.

    Yours faithfully,

    GIT

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