Git Adoption Soaring; Are There Good Migration Strategies?

Got To Get Me A Git writes "Distributed version control systems (DVCS) seem to be the next big thing for open source software development. Many projects have already adopted a DVCS and many others are in the process of migrating. There are a lot of major advantages to using a DVCS, but the task of migrating from one system to another appears to be a formidable challenge. The Perl Foundation's recent switch to Git took over a year to execute. The GNOME project is planning its own migration strategy right now after discovering that a significant majority of the project's developers favor Git. Perhaps some of the projects that are working on transitions from other mainstream version control systems can pool their resources and collaborate to make some standardized tools and migration best practices documentation. Does such a thing already exist? Are any folks out there in the Slashsphere working on migrating their own project or company to a DVCS? I'd appreciate some feedback from other readers about what works and what doesn't."

Meanwhile...

[MichaelSmith]

In my day job we are migrating to something totally new...clear case.

(shit).

Adopt a git...

[TapeCutter]

In the UK and to a lesser extent here in Australia a "git" is akin to a moron.

I want to use git

[alexibu]

I have watched Linus talk about git on google tech talks, and am inspired to use it.
Unfortunately I think I need a tool like TortoiseSVN for git because I am a git.

Re:Adopt a git...

[Eunuchswear]

Yes, but only a cunt would say "the c-word".

Re:Why is it soaring?

[ciderVisor]

bk is a far, FAR better VCS than anything else in the proprietary software world.

Visual Source Safe is surely the better option if you're developing using Visual Studio.

Re:Meanwhile...

[David Gerard]

I foolishly touched Clearcase at work in 2001 and left it on my CV until 2004. I still get calls from pimps desperate for a Clearcase admin to work in deepest suburban Berkshire for GBP30k. (I'm currently a sysadmin in London on GBP40k.) It's one of those cursed words on a resume - if it's ever on your resume, it'll taint it forever and those are the only calls you'll get.

Re:Adopt a git...

[MrHanky]

In the language Dogg [wikipedia.org], the word 'git' means 'sir'. So one would politely ask a stranger: 'Cretinous pig-faced, git?', meaning 'Have you got the time please, sir?'

Then there's this [youtube.com].

Re:Adopt a git...

[CrashandDie]

A few months ago I was in Peterborough for an interview. I had three senior programmers in front of me interviewing me, asking me various questions. They were shooting the questions in rapid-fire. The one on the left asked me "Are you familiar with Revision Control Tools? If so, which one do you use?", I had barely finished answering a question coming from the right and dodged one coming from the centre, I quickly looked left and plainly said "Git."

For a moment they all went silent, and looking at my interviewer on the left, he was looking at me a bit white-faced, and then asked, with half a smile, half a what-the-hell-did-this-little-fucker-just-say-look on his face, "I'm sorry, what?". One of his colleagues then jumped in, and said "Oh right, I know what you're talking about, it's the one written by the Linux guy right?"

I was offered the job but turned it down.

Re:Why is it soaring?

[Anonymous Coward]

You clearly have a very limited experience of real-world sarcasm.

Re:Git links

[Anonymous Coward]

[...] the developers you're working with have a hard time with anything not GUI-fied.

Okay, fine, Subversion is only for lazy idiots and their coworkers.

Re:Meanwhile...

[GooberToo]

How to identify managers promoted beyond their capability?

They recommend, or worse, force a migration to Clearcase; usually based on lies about the existing solution to their management.