Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git

[Magnus Johnsson]

How many developers are we talking about here? :)

2017-02-15 11:19 GMT+01:00 Ged Murphy <gedmurphy.maillists(a)gmail.com>om>:

>   Yeah, I had a meeting about this last week at work.
> We’re slowly doing the
>  same, pushing all new projects to use tfs git, and give existing projects
>  using vsts the option to convert if they wish.
>
>  Git is far better at managing developers working in remote locations, and
>  as most of the software industry has already moved towards devs working
>  remotely, it makes sense. There are very few big companies no longer using
>  a distributed system such as git or mercurial.
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>  That fact that open source projects, which are inherently built on devs
>  being remote, are still reluctant to move from a centralized to a
>  distributed system seems archaic and self-detrimental. It’s a shame to hold
>  the project back because a few devs are unwilling to move forward.
>
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>  A distributed system can do everything a centralized system can do if you
>  decide to model it in that way, and so much more if you decide to model it
>  in other ways.
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>  Ged.
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>  *From:* Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]] *On Behalf Of *David
>  Quintana (gigaherz)
>  *Sent:* 15 February 2017 09:57
>  *To:* ReactOS Development List <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
>  *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft switched to Git
>
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>
>  Unlike us, Microsoft probably doesn't care if a few of the developers
>  would rather quit than switch. ;P
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>  On 15 February 2017 at 10:40, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
>
>  https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/02/03/scaling-
>  git-and-some-back-story/
>
>  I didn't expect Microsoft to switch to Git sooner than us..
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