supersonic feet

We’re starting to try out git at work to potentially replace Subversion. I’ve been using git for a month or so at home for personal projects, but that’s been on a Mac where git works natively.

At work I have a Windows PC, where git is less comfortable. Obviously if we’re gonna switch to git we all need to be able to use it, so a quick search for Windows clients led me to a couple.

git-cheetah is in development as a TortoiseSVN-style Windows Explorer plug-in. Here’s its readme:

“This is an explorer extension in its infancy.  Do not expect anything to work, unless you are fixing it…”

Not gonna be using that one then.

The other was more promising, msysgit. A quick download and install and while it didn’t manage to make git work in the normal command prompt as promised, its own mini terminal works just fine.

So now I can use git on Windows with only slightly less ease than Linux or Mac by having another console window open.

The cool Git repository host and online interface, GitHub went officially live today. It does mean paying now for private repos, but I have no problem with that - it’s a great service and they’re adding cool features like comments on commits that can be pointed at specific lines of code.

I’ve been using GitHub for a few weeks on a personal project and so far it’s been very good. I’m sure I’d see more benefit from it when working with other developers on a project, but even as an external host for personal git repos it’s good for me.

It also has Lighthouse integration, which they’ve just made easier by handling it through the web interface rather than git post-commit hooks, although the 2 commits I’ve pushed since switching to that feature haven’t shown up in Lighthouse yet. I’ll wait a while and see if it’s just a lag on launch day.