Penguins-On-Hudson

As Joel Spolsky put it: “Distributed Version Control is here to stay, baby”. If you’ve read Joel’s stuff, you know he has a way of making sense — a quality of writing which can be tough to find on the Internet. As a Git user, I can’t say Joel converted me, but he did get me thinking about why I too hung on to familiar ol’ Subversion long after it’s obsolescence. Rather than boring you with that, herein lies a minimalist guide to getting started with distributed version control. Continue reading »