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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[Buck wrote:]
Git has one big issue that makes it only marginally useful: it's a source
control system and it doesn't know anything at all about IBM i objects.

I wouldn't consider this a fair assessment of Git. Git manages source file
versions. You can add additional software (i.e. "make") to create build
scripts and the like.

I guess what you're saying isn't fair is the "only marginally useful"
part. The rest of Buck's statement is accurate.

I find that source version control by itself already provides
significant value. For me, it's the single biggest thing that helps to
break the habit of keeping around commented-out code and
"historical-purposes-only" comments, or of keeping around your own
backup copies of previous versions. To the extent that tools like Git
clean up source code AND provide much better change tracking and
historical archiving than anything you can roll on your own, it's a
big win.

And it's free.

John Y.

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