Michael,
On our Windows machines, we've had success with Msysgit:
http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ It's light weight and easy to install and
use.
For those that prefer not to use the command line, all standard Git installs
include git-gui, but it's certainly not pretty. If you use a Mac, there are
some great free graphical Git interfaces like Gitx: http://gitx.frim.nl/
There does appear to be a TortoiseGit project out there too, but I've never
tried it: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/
Chris
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Michael Berkowski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Maybe this has changed in the last 9mo or so, but when last I checked it
> was somewhat difficult to get Windows to speak git, with dependencies on
> Cygwin. That's a large hurdle for console-averse users when you can get
> full GUI Subversion integration with TortoiseSVN.
>
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> On 5/3/2010 3:26 PM, Aaron J. Zirbes wrote:
> > Christian,
> >
> > I was unaware that Git spoke SVN, but that being the case I can get
> > behind Git as well. I just mentioned SVN due to DreamWeaver having
> > built-in support and I know many web developers use it, myself excluded.
> > I'd rather have a server that speaks Git and SVN as well as it is much
> > more open.
> >
> > Does anyone know who is responsible for deciding what services OIT
> > provides? Who would we talk to? Should we send a request to our
> > Schools IT Director?
> >
> > --
> > Aaron
> >
> > Christian Dinger wrote:
> >> Hi Aaron,
> >>
> >> I couldn't agree more. The ASR web team uses Git (we moved from
> >> Subversion a few years ago), but we'd love to see a centralized source
> >> code hosting service from OIT. Not only does it make good security
> >> sense, but I think it'd also provide a mechanism for
> >> inter-departmental collaboration. Just think of things like CAH
> >> authentication code and how hard it is sometimes to track down source
> >> code and authors to contribute changes/patches.
> >>
> >> I've mentioned this idea a while ago to Patton Fast, who runs the OIA
> >> server team at OIT and he seemed into it. I think we just have to
> >> speak up and demonstrate that there is a demand for a service like this.
> >>
> >> I also absolutely agree with Garrett about Git. In a collaborative
> >> environment, it's superior. Git also has web more capable front-ends
> >> like GitHub and Gitorious that handle collaboration very elegantly.
> >>
> >> In fact, Gitorious is open-source and free. I think it would be such
> >> an quick and easy win for OIT to set up an instance of Gitorious. Then
> >> the we the developers could manage our own repositories and access; it
> >> would be minimal work for OIT.
> >>
> >> Would you all be into something like this? Patton, are you on this list?
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> PS - Git also 'talks Subversion' and moving between the two is
> >> ridiculously simple.
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Aaron J. Zirbes <[log in to unmask]
> >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> U of MN Developers,
> >>
> >> Is there anyone (besides me) out there on the list that feels that a
> >> common-good SVN service would be a good idea? Bad idea? Not sure?
> >>
> >> As a web, application and systems developer I feel that I couldn't
> >> do my
> >> job with out a proper revision control system (RCS). It gives me a
> >> giant UNDO button for all of my projects to any commit point in
> time.
> >> It forces me to comment all my changes. It gives me the confidence
> I
> >> need to make sweeping changes to a system without the worry of
> >> "how do I
> >> undo this?"
> >>
> >> Using SVN has become almost trivial as most development platforms
> >> (Adobe
> >> Dreamweaver included) support SVN out of the box.
> >>
> >> We run our own subversion (SVN) server at EnHS for our department's
> >> needs, but I'd be willing to guess that most departments do not.
> >>
> >> I know not all departments are large enough to support their own SVN
> >> server, but I feel that any one who isn't using some sort of RCS in
> >> their web development is suffering because of it. It is putting
> >> developers and their work at too much risk. I think that all
> >> developers
> >> at the U should have access to SVN, but for that to happen, U of MN
> >> central would have to set it up as a common-good service.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Aaron
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christian Dinger
> >> Academic Support Resources
> >> University of Minnesota
> >> 612-625-6031
>
>
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Christian Dinger
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