[[!meta  title="Git and sawsim"]]
[[!meta  date="2008-08-31 19:19:56"]]

I recently learned about distributed versioning systems like
[Git](http://git-scm.com/),
[Mercurial](http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/),
[Bazaar](http://bazaar-vcs.org/), and many others, and I moved my
`sawsim` development to Git from Subversion (instructions at
[Simplistic
Complexity](http://www.simplisticcomplexity.com/2008/03/05/cleanly-migrate-your-subversion-repository-to-a-git-repository/)).
The benefit of a distributd verion control system for me is that it
removes the need for a central repository.  That means that if Bob
pulls my code and makes some changes, and Alice pulls my code and
makes some other changes, Bob and Alice can get together and merge
their code without my knowledge/permission/whatever.  I think this
will lead to more lively and effective code.  As for picking Git, I'm
sure all would be sufficient for my needs, and Git seemed more like [my
style](http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercurial/) ;).

I haven't gotten around to hosting the sawsim Git repo for the rest of
y'all yet, but since I think it's still just me still, I'm not really
worried ;).  Email me if I'm wrong, and you don't want to wait a few
weeks :p.

[[!tag  programming]]