[Rd] SVN vs DVCS

[Seth Falcon]

On 5/26/10 4:16 AM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> Note that one can also use any of the dvcs systems without actually
> moving from svn by using the dvcs (or associated extension/addon) as
> an svn client or by using it on an svn checkout.

FWIW, I have been using git for several years now as my vsc of choice 
and use it for all svn-backed projects (R included) via git-svn.

Some of the things I like:

- Being able to organize changes in local commits that can be revised, 
reordered, rebased prior to publishing.  Once I got in the habit of 
working this way, I simply can't imagine going back.

- Having quick access to full repository history without network 
access/delay.  Features for searching change history are more powerful 
(or easier for me to use) and I have found that useful as well.

- This may not be true any longer with more recent svn servers/clients, 
but aside form the initial repo clone, working via git-svn was 
noticeably faster than straight svn client (!) -- I think related to how 
the tools organize the working copy and how many fstat calls they make.

- I find the log reviewing functionality much better suited to reviewing 
changes.


+ seth

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