So, I decided to try out git) while developing GraffitiWok instead of Subversion which I normally use for version control. I’ve been quite please with Subversion and have found uses for it beyond just versioning software development (see Wistle), but I’d started hearing a lot about git at about the same point I started working on GraffitiWok.

First and foremost, the people who still claim you can’t use git on Windows are apparently nuts. I have been doing so for nearly a year using this download. So, what have been my impressions.

I love the ability to easily add only a part of the changes in a file to a commit. I realize that running into the need to do this reveals an occassional lack of planning on my part, but it’s really nice. I also really like the ability to amend the last commit. This has come in handy several times as well.

What I haven’t really tried is the branching and merging. Most of the projects I’ve used version control for have been my own; I’ve never programmed on a team. Still, even without that, git is at least as good as Subversion. Or, that is to say, on a one person team, I’m not sure there’s a particular difference.