To Git or to SVN, that is the question

[Gregity]

I've started working on a larger project and I'm wondering which version control system I should use?

I've seen discussions on SVN (Which I've heard of) and GIT (Which I haven't heard of).

I haven't seen a discussion comparing the pros and cons of each and why I should choose one or the other.

Looking for some input before I decide.

Thanks all!

-g

[Rilgamon]

I started myself a while ago using svn for my addons. The choice was easy as most libraries I use for my addons are svn repositories,too and so its easier to keep everything updated

I think for a starter both systems are equaly "easy" and offer the same tools.
But with TortoiseSVN there is a really easy/powerfull helper in a windowsenvironment.

[Tuller]

SVN (with Tortoise) is still more user friendly on Windows than Git. Git offers more control, and nicer hosting options, I think.

[Gregity]

I am definitely Windows-centric so I need a good windows interface for whatever I do.

[Torhal]

There's always SmartGit.

[Phanx]

There's also TortoiseGit, a TortoiseSVN clone for Git.

Personally, I use SVN, and find Git extremely annoying to work with.

1) SVN's workflow seems more logical: there is a single master repository on the server, I check out a local copy, I make changes to my local copy, and then I commit my changes to the central repository. Git's workflow is more complicated, and does not seem logical at all, especially for a single-author project.

2) SVN's revision numbers are directly usable as addon version numbers, and are intrinsically useful when providing support. For instance, if someone reports a problem with "r12" of my addon, but I know that I just released "r16", I immediately know that they are running an out-of-date copy and can tell them to update.

By contrast, Git identifies "revisions" with long hash strings that are useless for version numbering, and do not provide any information on their own. For instance, "e515c869e9ec8c6cbdfe252a5391d69e484c5234" is basically meaningless gibberish. In order to have any idea what it referred to, you would need to go look up a list of commits in your repository log.

3) Most libraries are hosted in SVN repositories, and svn:externals is infinitely easier to work with than either of the "equivalent" features Git offers.