Re: EDi 9.1 and eGit

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Paul Nicolay <Paul.Nicolay@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The whole idea of branches (both on the repository and local) and the need for them is still a bit unclear to me (Subversion was easier in that context).

The mindset needed for Git has some significant differences compared
to SVN. Both of them are such established software that there are a
number of guides meant to ease the transition. Google around (for
example, "git for subversion users") and check 'em out. A few that
came up near the top for me:

http://git-scm.com/course/svn.html
http://www.git-tower.com/blog/git-for-subversion-users-cheat-sheet/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-git-subversion-1/
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSvnCrashCourse
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1042280/is-there-a-subversion-users-guide-to-git

One big fundamental, philosophical difference between Git and SVN is
that Git is designed to be distributed. There's not an inherent,
centralized, master repository. All the copies are peers. It's only by
convention (not by structure or by rule) that any one repo is the
"official" one.

Fair warning: I only have passing familiarity with Git, and I don't
really know SVN at all. But I found the following fairly old blog post
easy to read, and it seems to explain well the philosophical
differences between Git and SVN. (Most of the other guides seem to
focus on translating SVN commands to Git commands so you can start
"doing stuff" as soon as possible, without worrying too much about
whether you actually *understand* Git.)

http://pointbeing.net/weblog/2009/09/git-for-subversion-users.html

Presumably, with an IDE plugin, you won't usually be typing the actual
Git commands, but just clicking some buttons on your IDE. But it will
probably help to at least learn Git's terminology and understand its
principles.

John Y.