Preference for git over other distributed version control?

Out of curiosity, and not to start a flamewar or anything...but, why does it seem like most Archers have an preference for git over other distributed version control software choices? I tend to like Mercurial, as it was an easy transition from using SVN for so long, but reading the mailing lists, it looks like most of the Arch project development is moving toward git. Is there something I don't know?

elasticdog wrote:Would you say you like it more than Mercurial, or just now that you've been forced in to using it, it's not bad after the learning curve? Which one do you use for personal projects?
I do prefer git, after using mercurial for a quite a while.
- Git is fast (very fast).
- The format patch and other random porcelain are great.
- The syntax and UI is a bit unruly, but once you get the hang of it, it's not a big deal.
- Once very awesome thing for me is the ability to do localized in-repo branching, just checkout a local branch, and your tree changes to that branch. Do stuff, commit, whatever. Then checkout your other branch, and bam. You can diff and merge between local branches, create new ones, throw ones away, etc.. all within the same tree (no need for external clones).
- The quick and easy rebase functionality is great too.
I guess I would say git is powerful, but certainly arcane.
I think mercurial got named branches a little while ago, so I haven't used them. I *think* they are similar to git branches, but I don't know for sure. The little I have read about them make them seem a bit funky.
I prefer git, but mercurial is a fine choice too.
I would say that pretty much everything out there besides these two sucks.
....and codemac is crazy by the way. map-my-scm-zealotry.

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This is a question that seriously needs answering for myself and other BB customer's.
Personally the only reason I have a BB is because I can have window's live messenger on it, But WLM is closing in April and updating to skype, Meaning everyone who use's WLM that their contact's will be going there and not to any other network!
Now I've read from what I've researched that BB maybe will be joining with oovoo something like that, Why when that is not where people's MSN/Hotmail contact's will be going ?
BB paying customer's to BB product's want access to there MSN/Hotmail contact's not to be diverted to another service that does not have their MSN/Hotmail contact's.
Also I have seen that skype or something along those line's will be available for the new BB 10, So what about earlier product's such as BB curve 8520 that I personally own myself that has nothing wrong with it?
So us paying BB customer's are going to be excluded because we don't have a brand new version of BB due to there being nothing wrong with the BB's we have? Which so were going to be penalized?
I would like these question's answered please because I am not happy about this and I'm sure a lot of other BB customer's are not too, It's not anyone's fault that WLM is going to be taken away but atleast make sure that BB customer's have a skype app to access their MSN/Hotmail contact's and can conversant with them directly like WLM.
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Version control for databases, schemas, objects

Dear All,
I'm looking for a designer tool with version control abilities. I don't need to have many types of models, if it's able to do ER and version control, plus it has a command line interface then it's fine. (I need to automate everything, so installing schemas with one click or with one command shouldn't be a problem.) The funny thing is that I've already built such environments with SVN and VSS, but now I need a reliable product with such features. (I don't like Designer, so that one is out of scope.) One more thing: it has to be able to store parameters of objects for example: PCTFREE, PCTUSED, TABLESPACE, etc.
I'm looking forwrad to your help.
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/files/what_is_sqldev15.html

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Assumptions/Terminology.
Roles:
Developer, Tester, Production DBA.
Each developer has their own database or schema to work with.
Database code is PL/SQL and DDL
Client code is everything else including sql scripts.
VC stands for generic version control. I may slip into CVS speak, but ideally this is product neutral.
Scenario 1: New developer on existing project.
1 Check out sources
Obviously need to define a VC repository connection in Raptor
Probably also need to define filesystem directory to check out to. Conceivably raptor could do this under the covers but if the source code is a mixture of database code and client code this isn't possible.
2 Run sources against database to create schema objects
This would probably be a manual job within raptor but a nice feature would be a tool to work out the dependencies and run everything in the right order.
3 Edit-save-compile-edit objects in the database
At this stage the database code is out of sync with the filesystem and the VC. Since the definitive version is in VC the filesystem is irrelevant so it would make sense to save the object back to the filesystem when you click the save/compile button.
If VC isn't active this is obviously a bad idea since the filesystem version is the backup.
4 Create new object in database.
The new object needs to be immediately saved to the filesystem and added to VC(but not committed). The create dialog should ask for a filename as well as object name.
5 Commit changes to VC
What gets committed? All the database code in the schema of the current connection? All the database code which is known to CVS (which should include new ones created at step 4)? What about client code? Is there a need for a project to which objects can be added manually or automatically.
There may be clashes between this developer's changes and anothers.
Need to be able to compare current database with current cvs and merge in changes before commiting. The merged changes need to be immediately applied to the database.
6 Whoops forgot something, edit object on filesystem but don't check in.
7 Next day, try to edit same object in the database.
We now have a 3-way discrepancy between vc, filesystem and database. Raptor needs to allow diff/merge between database and filesystem as well as between database and VC.
Scenario 2: New Project
1 Developer creates some database code
edit-save-compile is entirely within the database at this stage and no VC is involved. At some point the developer has to define a vc repository and directory. Raptor needs to be able to create a new repository or module (cvs import for example) either at this stage or the first time code is saved.
There could be an option to make VC compulsory so that whenever a developer creates an object, the relevant VC actions are taken.
2 This scenario merges into scenario 1.
Scenario 3: Tester begins new testing cycle
Scenario 4: DBA implements new code in production database.
1 User checks out latest code from CVS
2 User runs code against database to create schema objects.
This is very straight forward. I am not even sure that this should involve raptor, it should all be done by scripts in sqlplus. The one raptor involvement could be reconcilation of the objects in the test database with the VC repository.
A few other thoughts.
I haven't thought about multi-schema development, ie making changes to more than one schema at a time. Should a VC repository be associated with a particular connection?
I haven't thought about managing 'create table' vs 'alter table'. A tool which generated an alter table from the different between db and vc or between 2 vc revisions would be useful.
All checkout/export/diff actions should be against labels/tags/branches as well as the tip.
Filenames and formats.
There should be preferences to allow the user to specify file extensions and other naming conventions (eg upper/lower case). I use the following for ddl files
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table_name.con -- constraints for table
table_name.idx -- indexes for table
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I also like my constrains in a separate file from the table ddl.
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The ability to define basic package and procedure templates with VC keywords etc in place. New | Procedure etc would use these templates
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Version control tool for Mac OS X?

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b) A source code control provider compatible to the Microsoft Source Interface
There is still always (Mac, Linux and Windows alike) the possibility to control source files using the SCC providers client software.
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I recommend you to research possible solutions like this for Mac.
The next question is if you want to use a distributed SCC or a local one. Depending on this, you will have to setup a network server with compatible provider (e.g. RhodeCode).
LV provides both a Diff and Merge tool as EXE (Professional). I am not sure if this is also true for the Mac version, so look for "LVCompare" and "LVMerge".
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2) Importing prior transport into SBX system - Good concept and we already do one transport / role so this is a workable option. Something I hadn't thought of.
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Hi, all.
I've never used any kind of version control system (like git or cvs or anything), but know I think that I have a use for one.
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