Getting with Git

I am now using git for my version control system for my site. In reality, though, it’s less a version control system and more of a system for making code changes to the site. Technically I could just use rsync or something like that to do 90% of what I’m doing, but it’s worth using git just to get that 10%.

I was previously using svn for site management task but I found it very difficult to work with. git makes merging, fixing sync issues, working offline, excluding content, etc. trivially simple using git compared to svn.

I’m working on a write-up of how to git started (sorry, inevitable) using git to manage your site’s code and I hope to be posting it this weekend. Oh, and just a bit of trivia, the word “git” is (or at least was, also a derogatory term in British slang. Thank you, Red Dwarf.