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@@ -1,152 +1,182 @@ -* How dCVS is different -** Everything is implicitly a branch -The only ``central'' repository is the one you're in. Distribution of -changes is a separate command. This means every repository is an -inevitable branch of the first commit. - -** Merge becomes a required operation -Since everything is a branch, a history merge is required in order to -share changes up-or-downstream. - -** History is non-linear -No more monotonically increasing version numbers. Instead version -numbers must be crafted to at least identify the data of the commit -itself so they can be universally addressable. - -* Create a demo repo -** create - ~% mkdir sifl - ~% cd sifl - ~/sifl% git init - Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/bjc/Documents/git/sifl/.git/ - -** clone - ~/sifl% cd .. - ~% git clone sifl olly - Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/bjc/Documents/git/olly/.git/ - ~% cd olly - ~/olly% git remote show origin # Automatically set up and pointing to - # ../sifl - * remote origin - URL: ../sifl - -* Add some data -** sifl commands - ~% cd sifl - ~/sifl% echo sifl > whoami - ~/sifl% git add whoami; git commit -m "Set whoami to sifl." - [master (root-commit) b211a60] Set whoami to sifl. - 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) - create mode 100644 whoami - -** A moment on git refs -*** commit id -A git commit id includes a hash of the commit blob as well as a -reference to the commit's parent. In this way a given commit and its -history can be compared simply by checking the id. All other refs -inevitably point to a commit id as the fundamental unit. -*** HEAD -This is the commit the working copy is based off of. Upon commit this -will be used as the parent commit. -*** branch -A branch is a moving HEAD pointer. All working directories are -implicitly branches, although it's easier to use a named one. -*** tag -A tag is a commit id with an optional message and signature. - -** sifl commit history graph - - (b211a60) - - O - -** olly commands - ~/sifl% cd ../olly - ~/olly% echo olly > whoami - ~/sifl% git add whoami; git commit -m "Set whoami to olly." - [master (root-commit) 536a095] Set whoami to olly. - 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) - create mode 100644 whoami - -** olly commit history graph - - (536a095) - - O - -* Sharing changes -** sifl commands - ~% cd sifl - ~/sifl% git pull ../olly - warning: no common commits - remote: Counting objects: 3, done. - remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) - Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. - From ../olly - * branch HEAD -> FETCH_HEAD - Auto-merging whoami - CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in whoami - Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. - [1] 16566 exit 1 git pull ../olly - ~/sifl% cat whoami - <<<<<<< HEAD:whoami - sifl - ======= - olly - >>>>>>> 536a095305749bacf3357e37eeb13676e8f9c4d0:whoami - ~/sifl% echo sifl > whoami; echo olly >> whoami - ~/sifl% git add whoami; git commit -m "Fix conflicts." - [master eb69ba9] Fix conflicts. - -** sifl commit history graph - - (b211a60) - - O ------- O (eb69ba9) - / - O -----/ - - (536a095) +* democratized Version Control Systems (dVCS) + + Sharing complete repositories is a simple concept which poses subtle + constraints in whose solution yields a form of democratized version + control. + +* A look back at SVN + +** Linear history is normal, all graphs are trees + + In other words, any given commit can have many children, but only + one parent. + +** Merging is painful and error prone + + Most solutions to this problem involve writing appropriate commit + logs or writing out to files so merges can be traced. Screwing this + up can be bad, and as a result it is avoided as much as possible. + +** Sharing changes consists of mailing patches + + Obviously this was all workable, but it didn't exactly engender + itself to lazy people like myself. The existance and popularity of + CVSup in spite of being written in Modula 3 shows the value of + repository sharing. + +* Constraints + +** Repositories are collections of interwoven histories + + So: + +*** Linear history is a thing of the past +*** Merging must be easy +*** Sharing changes must be easy + +* How git satisfies dVCS constraints + +** History is no longer linear + + Time is no longer a useful identifier when comparing the history of + disparate repositories, and thus can't be used for commit + identifiers. + +** git uses SHA hashes to identify repository objects + + SHA is a critical factor in determining correct sharing of file + data. The hash is computed from file contents and mapped to + file names. + +** Merging is elevated to a first class operation + + Git makes merging easy(ier). It will probably never be trivial, but + git at least automates the grunt work of tracking down common + ancestors to reduce conflicts and ease merging. + +** Branching is trivial and encouraged + + Creating a branch is just creating another ref pointing to an + existing commit. It's very fast and efficient. It's very easy to + move things between branches, and they are encouraged for any + non-trivial work. It doesn't even mess up your history graph a lot + of the time, and when it does you can often alter it so it does not. + +*** What is the object store? + +**** blobs + Blobs are blobs of binary data. + +**** trees + Trees point to blobs or other trees. + +**** commits + Git commits contain a tree, its parent commits, and a tree object, + along with meta-data: message, author, commiter, and so forth. + +**** tags + Tag objects contain a commit id and an optional message and + cryptographic signature. If neither are present, a tag is merely a + symbolic ref. + +*** All objects are identified by SHA hashes. + + The unit of history is the commit which can be soley identified by + its contents. The hash is easy to compute and provides good entropy + properties when building a hash table. + +*** History is immediately verifiable (barring hash collisions) + +*** Some measure of security comes for free + + All commits are effectively signed by all their previous commits, so + verifying a repository becomes trivial given only a valid commit id. ** merge commits -* No semantic difference between branches and repositories -** repositories are just part of the ref -Repositories are implicitly branches, therefor, you can push and pull -to branches in local repositories, although it is a little silly. + In git, a commit can have many parents, as opposed to SVN where a + commit can have only one parent. Merge commits can also contain + blobs themselves to mark conflict resolutions. -* Rewriting (some) history -** Rewrite as much as you want, but be careful -You can make your local history look however you want, but since git -commit ids include parent references as well as the commit itself, you -can make your repository look totally different from everyone else's, -making sharing changes difficult. +** SHA hashes are a pain to type -** git complains under some circumstances for push and pull - elaborate + Git has a concept of `refs' which are typically symbolic references + to commits. At the end of the day, every ref ends up as a SHA hash. -** Reordering and merging patches -*** Why would you do this? -1. Need to get a feature out, but mixed in unwanted code. -2. Presenting a logical history -3. Segregating features for independant testing and acceptance. +*** SHA hashes can typically be shortened to a few characters -** Splitting patches w/ git-add --patch -** git rebase -i -** Using rebase with git-add --patch/git-reset to split changes +*** tags are fixed refs + + Tags have optional descriptions and GPG signatures. + +*** branches and HEAD + + Branches are moving refs and always reference their tips. HEAD is a + pointer to the tip of the current branch. + +*** $ref^ and $ref~$n + + You can follow parents by using caret or tilde notation. Merge + commits are followed in their order in the commit blob. + + # ^ is the parent, ^^ is the paren't parent, and so on + e.g: HEAD^ (The next most-recent commit on the current branch) -* Screwing up your repo and fixing your changes -** git reflog -** git reset + + # ~2 is shorthand for ^^ + e.g: HEAD~2 (The third most-recent commit on the current branch) + +** Sharing commits + +*** Remotes + +*** Implicit read-only "vendor" branches. + +*** Push and Pull + +*** Example * Merge strategies -** fast-forward -** recursive -** octopus -** any more? -* Brief `git svn' overview -** Importing linear branches is straight-forward. -** Use `rebase' if you intend to use `dcommit.' -** SVN branches auto-tracked, just like master. +*** Fast forward + + When the merge target is an ancestor of the other branch, this just + points the target's HEAD at the other branch. + +*** Recursive + + Used when more than one common ancestor exists. Builds the merge + base revision by recursively merging common ancestors. + +*** And others + + See git-merge(1) + +* A brief note on the index + + The index stores the tree object of the commit-to-be. + + # adding to the index cache: git add + # removing: git rm --cached + +** git reset + + Can be used to reset the index, or certain files in the index, to a + given commit, which is HEAD by default. + +* How dVCS democratizes version control + +* My seekrit agenda + + I am a lazy programmer, and the more people who use git the easier + my life is. I use git because... + +* Additional Resources + + # Git - SVN Crash Course + <http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html> + # Git User's Manual + <http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html> + # Extensive Man Pages |