Version Control Systems

[JaxDragon]

Im just a little curious, what is your favorite version control? I've been looking into multiple projects, and I can't decide which. Git, Mercurial, and SVN all look very nice to me.

[Falco Girgis]

SVN. Tried. Proven. Simple. I can manage my projects from my Macbook command-line, Ubuntu command-line, or TortoiseSVN on Windows. It's also easy to host the repositories on my Ubuntu box.

[JaxDragon]

I agree, but the reason I'm still debating over SVN and something like Git is branching. I've heard SVN branches can be rather complex to set up, while git is a little more straightforward. And git is distributed, so anyone can host their own branch based on one of my official branches if they so choose.

[Falco Girgis]

Eh, I wouldn't really know. I never use branching in SVN... ever. Seems like a great way to fragment a project.

[avansc]

my early days it was CVS then SVN, which i have used the most, but ive been using mercural (http://mercurial.selenic.com/) for a while now, and its just a pleasure to use.
its fast as fuck compared to SVN, its also the tech google is backing, if that counts for anything. just find what you are comfortable with. SVN is allways a good bet.

[JaxDragon]

my early days it was CVS then SVN, which i have used the most, but ive been using mercural (http://mercurial.selenic.com/) for a while now, and its just a pleasure to use.
its fast as fuck compared to SVN, its also the tech google is backing, if that counts for anything. just find what you are comfortable with. SVN is allways a good bet.

Yeh, mercurial and git are both distributed systems. Both LEAGUES faster than CVS/SVN. I watched the lecture by Linus Torvalds on Git, and the lecture on mercurial(both on youtube) and they both seem vastly superior to SVN. But I suppose its whatever floats your boat.