git

[anonprivate]

How many of you have git installed?

Do you find it beneficial?

[acheron]

How many of you have git installed?

Do you find it beneficial?

Ummmm... yes.

[anonprivate]

Can you be more specific

[whatthefunk]

If you're writing code, having some kind of version management software like git is essential.

[acheron]

Can you be more specific

- Majority of kubuntu, Neon and debian packaging is in git, as is KDE sources, so need it to fetch and commit to those.
- Many projects I want to use and or test are likewise hosted on places like github etc.
- Useful for other odd tasks. e.g. intit a repo to track changes in config files.

[anonprivate]

I wonder why 'git' is not installed as standard? - not in 14.04 anyway.
I assume that for most the programme is not needed.

I became interested when I noted a programme, on another site, that was in git, and wondered if it (the programme) could be installed on a machine where 'git' was not installed.

[GreyGeek]

git is the go-to version control program. There are plenty of GUI aids available in the repository, including integration with Dolphin. It's good for versioning any file structure containing any kind of file, although text files are still its forte.

PS: bup ( & bup-doc) is in the repository. It is a "highly efficient file backup using git" (for those who are not running btrfs )

[whatthefunk]

I wonder why 'git' is not installed as standard? - not in 14.04 anyway.
I assume that for most the programme is not needed.

I became interested when I noted a programme, on another site, that was in git, and wondered if it (the programme) could be installed on a machine where 'git' was not installed.

In most cases, production ready programs are packaged so that even if the developers use git, the end users do not have to have git installed to use the program. Even programs that are in a git repository somewhere (like Github) can easily be downloaded without the use of git. General users really have no use for git so it is not included by default.

[anonprivate]

In most cases, production ready programs are packaged so that even if the developers use git, the end users do not have to have git installed to use the program. Even programs that are in a git repository somewhere (like Github) can easily be downloaded without the use of git. General users really have no use for git so it is not included by default.

Thank you.

If a user does not have git installed and has the choice between dowloading a git version, or a non-git version of the same programme would there be an advantage in downloading the former? People I have come across on other boards seem to hail the use of git programmes.

[whatthefunk]

If you are only going to use the program, and not develop it, I don't see any point in using git. If you're just running the program, git will do nothing for you.