Getting started with Git
I would advise to read through what is Git, and have a decent understanding of SCM process.
The first question everyone would get is why I should move away from my current SCM systems(CVS or SVN). Well there are lot of articles around this topic if you google, just a couple of quick reasons I would give to go with Git,
- Works the best if you are working decentralized.
- Stop questioning and just "Go with the flow" :-), git is grabbing more focus recently especially after GitHub's strong support.
Lazy comparison of Git vs SVN commands
I thought a simplest way is to compare Git vs SVN was through the basic commands used for day-to-day development. Though we use the UI tools for regular activities, I am listing down the comparison by commands (lazy).
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| Git vs SVN commands |
Two notable operations are the checkout and commit. For any Git operations "clone" is a prerequisite, so to do a checkout initially you must clone the repository. If you notice a commit is not an actual commit to the repository instead it is to your local. You need to do an explicit push to the repo after a successful commit. Remember everything happens in your local and not in your repo.
