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Is someone using Git ?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by U7Games, Feb 23, 2015.

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  1. elmar1028

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    Is it compatible with Source Tree?
     
    elmar1028, Feb 28, 2015
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  2. ImpossibleRobert

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    It's a normal GIT endpoint that you can clone, so yes, any remote git client will work!
     
    ImpossibleRobert, Mar 1, 2015
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  3. alexzzzz

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    alexzzzz, Mar 1, 2015
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  4. Meltdown

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    Yes, Git is awesome.

    I use the SmartGit client (free for non-commercial use), and I use Github (I really prefer their website's Git features over any other offering).
     
    Meltdown, Mar 1, 2015
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  5. Gilldun

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    +2 for bitbucket + SourceTree.
     
    Gilldun, Mar 2, 2015
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  6. alexzzzz

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    alexzzzz, Mar 3, 2015
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  7. Raiden-Freeman

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    It's just how easily Git does things. It's not that mercurial is bad, it's just that Git does everything that you want, with almost no input from you, and it does it correctly.
     
    Raiden-Freeman, Mar 10, 2015
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  8. knr_

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    Installed Perforce on a Linux host on the internet.
     
    knr_, Mar 10, 2015
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  9. DanSuperGP

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    I've been using Git with Unity for years. It's very functional but there's quite a learning curve. SourceTree is a nice visual client, it helps, but you really do need to learn how to use the command line. Using the Perforce Merge Tool helps with merges, and it's free and pretty easy to setup.

    Binaries are a problem, git doesn't handle changes to them well, they bloat up your repos fast if there are lots of updates. I generally only store exported assets that are in the project in the repo, use separate repos for art source files.

    If you have Unity Pro, I've heard wonderful things about Plastic SCM. The ability to lock editing even though it's distributed is something git lacks, and is really important when you have lots of binaries.

    In the short run, you will probably have a few small incidents of lost work as a result of git problems, but in the long run it will save you endless amounts of tears.
     
    DanSuperGP, Mar 10, 2015
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  10. shaderop

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    Would you please tell me where you got this Sentient Git client that does everything I want with no input from me? I would love to give it a try.

    Or better yet, you could give an actual example of performing a task using Git's CLI vs. Mercurial's to highlight Git's innate superiority. I'm genuinely intrigued since I have always found Mercurial's CLI to be more well-thought-out than Git's.
     
    shaderop, Mar 11, 2015
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