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I heard somewhere before (i dont remember where) that EllisLab was looking into git for version control. Is this a reality? if so when can we expect it? it would be very cool to patch code and send it straight to EL with a pull request for quicker bug fixes!

mmmmm git…. the source of all good things!

Distributed version control systems are awesome!

 
TortoiseSVN works fine and is easy to setup so why change or have a duplicate version control system?
 
http://derekallard.com/blog/post/checking-codeigniter-out-of-the-subversion-repository/
 
 

its not just the vcs system. git is based on the principal of social coding. sharing code with others, forking other peoples code to fit your needs and sending modifications back to them. i cant think of a better addition to the ci community.

EllisLab has always said that if you fix a problem and submit the code yourself that it can get added to the main repo much much quicker… this also enables others to tinker around with the core to do interesting things…and then share that code with the community in a very easy and interactive way

its not just the vcs system. git is based on the principal of social coding. sharing code with others, forking other peoples code to fit your needs and sending modifications back to them. i cant think of a better addition to the ci community.

EllisLab has always said that if you fix a problem and submit the code yourself that it can get added to the main repo much much quicker… this also enables others to tinker around with the core to do interesting things…and then share that code with the community in a very easy and interactive way

 
The Bug Report section in this forum is quite good and also generates solutions that other coders have discovered.
 
I am not familiar with the GIT system but CI’s core is supplied and numerous coders supply alternative MY_Libraries.php.

Also the WIKI is abound with additional code, solutions and libraries.

Has the GIT that much more going for it?
 
 

CodeIgniter already exists on GitHub as a automated import from their SVN repository.

http://github.com/cbosuna/codeigniter

I personally would love CodeIgniter to switch over to using Git, especially if they made the move to GitHub. It would mean whenever I post a bug report I can create a fork, commit the change myself. Then EllisLab will see my change in their Fork que with “Apply” or “Ignore”. It would make it insanely simple to fix bugs and make small feature submissions. 😊

its not just the vcs system. git is based on the principal of social coding. sharing code with others, forking other peoples code to fit your needs and sending modifications back to them. i cant think of a better addition to the ci community.

EllisLab has always said that if you fix a problem and submit the code yourself that it can get added to the main repo much much quicker… this also enables others to tinker around with the core to do interesting things…and then share that code with the community in a very easy and interactive way

 
The Bug Report section in this forum is quite good and also generates solutions that other coders have discovered.
 
I am not familiar with the GIT system but CI’s core is supplied and numerous coders supply alternative MY_Libraries.php.

Also the WIKI is abound with additional code, solutions and libraries.

Has the GIT that much more going for it?
 
 

It is hard to understand the benefits until you use it. Without starting a big convo here, why not just Google it and have a go yourself? 😊

It is hard to understand the benefits until you use it. Without starting a big convo here, why not just Google it and have a go yourself? 😊

 
It appears as though I am missing out, currently I am quite busy and unfortunately there are not enough hours in the day to investigate.

I will certainly add it to my ever increasing list of things to learn :(
 
 

its not just the vcs system. git is based on the principal of social coding. sharing code with others, forking other peoples code to fit your needs and sending modifications back to them. i cant think of a better addition to the ci community.

EllisLab has always said that if you fix a problem and submit the code yourself that it can get added to the main repo much much quicker… this also enables others to tinker around with the core to do interesting things…and then share that code with the community in a very easy and interactive way

 
The Bug Report section in this forum is quite good and also generates solutions that other coders have discovered.
 
I am not familiar with the GIT system but CI’s core is supplied and numerous coders supply alternative MY_Libraries.php.

Also the WIKI is abound with additional code, solutions and libraries.

Has the GIT that much more going for it?
 
 

It is hard to understand the benefits until you use it. Without starting a big convo here, why not just Google it and have a go yourself? 😊

yeah once you get to use it you will see how much easier it is to contribute code to projects. jquery recently made the switch and jresig (the founder of jquery) was delighted so see how many bug fixes and core contributions funneled in

I used Pro Git to study up on Git and move my projects over. I absolutely love it!

@agentphoenix

thanks for that link man. havnt seen pro git before. just converted the office repos from svn to git and needed a thorough documentation that everyone could understand and that covered it!

I have recently started using git to manage my projects….. and its awesome!
I would strongly suggest taking the time to learn a bit more about it, if you havent yet.

http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/95690/P0/

perfect example of why an official CI Github Repo would be a great idea. they have put up the code that needs to be changed but no action for months. with a github repo they could fix the code and do a pull request to Ellislab.