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[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are better backends though.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Better in what way?

There are certainly others but … git is the defacto standard for a reason.

There are certainly use cases for others, just wondering what you mean?

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)
  1. Git is for bazaar-style development. However, most of my own projects are cathedral-style.
  2. Git’s default user experience (CLI command syntax, for example) is weird. There are reasons why Git GUIs are popular and (e.g.) SVN GUIs never were.
  3. Git is rather spammy in terms of hard disk usage.
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

better in what way?

[–] gimmemahlulz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

> says there are better back ends

> Doesn't list a single one nor how they're better

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Depends on the task. SVN or Fossil (if you need a web interface) for cathedral-style, Mercurial for bazaar-style, I’d say. Especially because of their easy to understand UX.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
  1. Nothing is preventing git from being used for cathedral development.

  2. Nothing is preventing you from using any of the plethora of frontends available.

  3. If all of your projects are a single file, you have much deeper problems than selecting source control.