Git vs. SVN

[MickMcGeough]

We're looking at making a switch from SVN to Git for our code versioning needs at my office. I'd love to hear from others who've made the switch and how it affected their workflow (team or solo). Thanks CP nerds!

[photon]

For document versioning?

How does that work, aren't most document formats either binary or some convoluted XML format that would probably break at the first merge attempt?

[yads]

It's awesome. I find it a significant improvement. Basically the biggest win is that you can now work with the benefits of source control in your own environment. You can experiment much easier and backing out partial changes is so much easier (provided you do regular commits to your own repo.)

Main challenge other than learning how to use a DVCS vs CVCS has been the linux factor. Git is great in a linux environment and can be a giant pain in a windows environment. Git is also highly customizable, but for that reason is also much more complex than something like Mercurial.

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by photon

For document versioning?

How does that work, aren't most document formats either binary or some convoluted XML format that would probably break at the first merge attempt?

I meant document in the very general sense. Not like MS Office docs.