Git as a branch container and Visual Studio

One of the features, that differentiates Git from other DSCM like Bazaar and non-distributed SCM like Subversion, is that it holds all of your branches within .git repository that’s in your working copy directory.

Some of devs consider it a disadvantage: you get main development line and all of the branches in one working copy; others as an advantage – since you get all the repository in one directory.

Git: private repositories on shared hosting

“You are a developer, software engineer, web designer, text writer… You want your files accessible from all the places (like a source for your project or a template for a website) – and you want to be sure that it is always the most up to date version…

Sure you can drag those files along on a USB stick and copy it forth and back. You have those files even if there’s no Internet access. Important? Sure but…”

Remember this? I have written very similar article on using Bazaar-NG for private repositories on shared hosting. It is time to make the same with git – which is becoming very popular due to its robustness and support from Linus and kernel devs themselves.

With MinGW Git port (no need for Cygwin!) coming to the light – git now looks as a great alternative to both Subversion and Bazaar.

Update:  With latest release a preliminary support for git-svn has been brought!

Let’s get things started.