A Primer on Distributed Version Control Systems

A new kind of version control system (VCS) is rapidly gaining traction. Distributed VCS has seen a lot of excitement and uptake in the Open Source world where developers have a completely disconnected workflow. A workflow that is location and time independent and where developers are often only very loosely cooperating. Traditional VCS with it's commit and branch workflow doesn't quite cut it.

Ok, in the interests of honesty I don't quite grok the details myself yet. But these articles will make you seem like an expert next time someone casually mentions "Git" in conversation. It's either that or they're English and delivering a scorching insult: I leave determining the context to you.

 

"Distributed Version Control Systems: A Not-So-Quick Guide Through"

http://www.infoq.com/articles/dvcs-guide

"What a DVCS gets you (maybe)"

http://www.dehora.net/journal/2008/04/06/what-a-dvcs-gets-you-maybe/

"The Differences Between Mercurial and Git"

http://www.rockstarprogrammer.org/post/2008/apr/06/differences-between-mercurial-and-git/