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Git 2.8 Officially Released (softpedia.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the what-a-surprise dept.

prisoninmate quotes a report from Softpedia: Git 2.8 has been released on March 28, and we have to admit that it comes as a huge surprise to us all. Prominent features of Git 2.8 include parallel fetches of submodules, which allows for the inclusion of other Git repositories in a single Git repo when using the "git submodules" command, support for turning off Git's smudge and clean filters, and support for cloning repos through the rsync protocol. The Git for Windows build received a lot of attention in Git 2.8 and it looks like it's now as comfortable to use as it is on the GNU/Linux and Mac OS X platforms. Also, it is now possible to tell Git not to guess your identity, which, instead, forces you to add a user.name and user.email before doing any commits. Check out the the full release notes for the complete list.

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  1. Eliminate git, move back to cvs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Git is a pretty awful solution to project management. If you want to check out source, you have to download the entire tree, with all releases and branches. It's much simpler to work with cvs. Additionally, cvs is more user friendly and more secure than git. I don't understand the appeal of git. I hope git is a passing fad and that we'll all move back to cvs, which is far superior.

    1. Re: Eliminate git, move back to cvs by jeremyp · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd rather remove my testicles with a rusty hacksaw than ever use CVS again.

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      All I want is a secure system where it's easy to do anything I want. Is that too much to ask ~~ Randall Munroe
    2. Re:Eliminate git, move back to cvs by gardner · · Score: 5, Funny

      Which of course will be confused with NetCVS and FreeCVS

    3. Re: Eliminate git, move back to cvs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      How about Source Safe? :p

    4. Re:Eliminate git, move back to cvs by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Is there actually much practical difference between Mercurial and Git?

      Yes, the mercurial CLI is just about good enough, so people use it. The git CLI is an abomination that is so bad that people are willing to invest time avoiding using it. As a result, there are a lot of nice GUI tools for working with git.

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  2. rsync got dropped, not added by beshr · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://github.com/git/git/com...

  3. Softpedia Shill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Take a look at prisoninmate's posting history. Every single thing he's submitted is only to generate traffic for Softpedia.