Re: Question about Source Control

From	Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Subject	Re: Question about Source Control
Date	2014-03-18 16:51 -0400
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 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> Wrote in
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> On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:08:17 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>
>> wrote:
>>> I don't think that *version* control is the right model to describe
>>> what hg and git do, although it may be appropriate for subversion. hg
>>> doesn't manage *versions*, it manages changes to source code
>>> ("changesets").
>> 
>> Meh... Is there any real difference? 
> 
> If you believe Joel Spolsky, there is:
> 
> http://hginit.com/00.html
> 
> Scroll down about half way, to the section titled "One more big 
> conceptual difference".
> 
> Recording *snapshots* versus recording *diffs* makes a considerable 
> difference when it comes to dealing with merge conflicts.
> 

So which does git do, according to this model? 


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DaveA

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Re: Question about Source Control Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-03-18 17:47 +1100
  Re: Question about Source Control Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-18 07:55 +0000
    Re: Question about Source Control Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-18 19:08 +1100
      Re: Question about Source Control Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-18 13:45 +0000
        Re: Question about Source Control Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-03-18 16:51 -0400

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