31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
12:16 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:38, Steven Watanabe
Okay, so this is just an instance of using local commits--which as far as I can tell is the only actual advantage of a DVCS.
I agree -- everything different about a DVCS is a consequence of allowing local commits. The best way I've seen of phrasing that fundamental difference: "[A DVCS] separates the act of committing new code from the act of inflicting it on everybody else." ~ http://hginit.com/00.html Similarly, the differences between git and all the other DVCSs seem to come from one of two decisions: 1) Store trees, not changes, and 2) All parents in a merge are equal. ~ Scott