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Why I Switched From SVN to Git

A HUGE benefit of git (or any other distributed source code control system) is that the entire repository is stored in each developer’s environment. This means that you automatically have as many backups of the source code as you have developers. If you use a hosted service such as github, this means that even if github looses ALL of your data, you still have all your source code (and revision history) on your own machines.

In a software startup, your source code is like your crown jewels. Losing your source code can be disastrous.

This is primarily why I switched from svn to git, and why you should too.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 12:36 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Why I Switched From SVN to Git”

  1. Karl Rosaen Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 3:33 am

    You might check out mercurial (free hosting available on google code and bitbucket). I find it has all the advantages of git (decentralized), while being a whole lot more user friendly.

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