<div dir="ltr">I argue that using a source control system of any kind is useful for answering the questions like "This was working 6 months ago. What have I changed since then?" or "This line of code to work around feature X is odd. When did I change it and what was my motivation at the time?"<div><br></div><div>Git has the advantage that it doesn't require a server to track the commits for a single person so you could just use it on a local filesystem with normal file-level backups. That would reduce the complexity quite a bit.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian Oborn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Faraz Hussain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@feacluster.com" target="_blank">info@feacluster.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am curious what people think of git. On one hand everyone seems to be using it and proclaiming its virtues. On the other hand it seems way overkill for how the majority of people code.<br>
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I maintain dozens of scripts to manage various HPC environments . None are more than a few hundred lines long. To do backups of scripts, I just copy them to some backup folder. Occasionally I might tar them up and copy them to a different server. I have never had a need to go back to an older version of my script.<br>
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So I tried to learn git but find it very confusing. It seems designed for teams of developers working on some million+ line of code project. For my rinky-dinky scripts it just adds a lot of confusion. It seems I need to "commit" to using git everyday in order for it to be effective. Otherwise, use it or lose it.<br>
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Should I force myself to use git everyday? Or maybe find some incrementally better way to manage backups of my scripts?<br>
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