-
Scott Chacon
4.17
Description:
Many Railsers have been using Git for a while now, but the story of how it came about and how some of the early design decisions were made is enlightening. Fresh off using BitKeeper, no distributed version control system existed in April 2005 that would handle the kernel, so two were started within days of each other by two Linux kernel hackers - Mercurial and Git. This story will go back and see how and why each system made it’s early and key decisions and should help the audience understand the fundamental differences between the systems, understand Git itself better and think about Version Control as a system in a different light.
Links: Website
Comments on this Talk
Your OSCON talk had more technical tidbits, but I felt like I should be taking notes. This talk was much more enjoyable, and you hit on a theme that people were referencing in talks that afternoon... the gap between git and mh seems much greater from within each camp.

John Woodell,
07 Oct 18:02
This user has yet to validate her/his profile with LinkedIn. It is therefore simple to assume that she/he is but a charlatan or common hoaxster. Mark as non-constructive