A few days ago I set up a Subversion repository to put some projects I have been working on (like Eclipse) in. I decided to go with SVN because I have worked with it before, and am pretty familiar with its commands and workflow.
But, recently on Planet Gnome, I have been hearing a lot about GIT (the version control system originally written for managing the Linux kernel) and I decided to try it out. I backed up my Eclipse directory and turned it into a GIT repository (which, unlike SVN can exist without a server). When I committed the sources, I couldn’t believe how blazingly fast GIT is – where SVN used to take three or four seconds, GIT is done before you can release the enter key! It seems a lot more powerful than Subversion, but takes a while longer to get comfortable with it.
I also plan to convert the Eclipse build system to Autotools, which is pretty horrible to set up, but can vastly simplify things like installation and cross-compiling if set up correctly.
Tags: Programming
