From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...>
Date: 2010-11-10T02:40:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Tracking code & scripts

On 11/9/2010 11:26 AM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Stuart Clarke
> <stuart.clarke1986@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I was hoping to get some advice on how every keeps track of their own
>> personal scripts and development. I have several scripts which I use for
>> various tasks and I regularly have to update them and make small changes
>> to them. At present I am using an Excel spreadsheet to track changes and
>> version upgrades but this is dirty.
>>
>> Does anyone have any other suggestions?
> 
> 
> Use decent version control. Like Mercurial: mercurial.selenic.com
> 
> It wins over Git in three instances: 1) It is fast on non-Linux
> systems, 2) it has a syntax that is not arcane, 3) it works very well
> for a sole developer (you'll only need "hq init", "hg add", "hg commit
> -m 'message'", and "hg update [version]").

Not to be too picky here, but point 3 is exactly equivalent to what you
would do with git in this instance. :-)

I haven't personally used hg myself, but a GUI should help both git and
hg be easier for a novice user.  For git on Windows there is TortoiseGit:

http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

I'm sure hg has an equivalent.

Regarding the performance, I'm fairly sure that for small projects such
as that proposed here the difference in negligible.  Also, I don't think
there are performance problems for git on anything *except* Windows.
Git on Windows has been improving at any rate.

In any case, there are some great options available.  Give some a try,
and pick what fits best into your work flow.

-Jeremy