This document discusses source control systems like Subversion (SVN) and Git. It notes that Git was created by Linus Torvalds as an alternative to other source control programs that were not suitable for Linux development. Some key advantages of Git mentioned are that it allows for distributed version control without a single centralized repository, supports offline work, and allows fixes to imperfect commits.

1. What has the Romans source control ever done for us? Andrew Grimm University of New South Wales

2. My own background Used SFTP when programming in PHP

3. Switched to SVN when I started using Rails The worse, the better First used git to contribute to open source project bioruby, and switched the weather in london from SVN to git in anticipation of railscamp 4

4. What source control does for me Avoids the need to copy files from A to B

5. Keeps backups so that I don't have to worry about bad changes Don't need to use that as often as you'd think Poor man's work log

6. Self code review

7. Subversion Slogan is “CVS done right” “With that kind of slogan, there's nowhere you can go. There is no way to do CVS right.” - Torvalds If it ain't broke, don't fix it? RORO-ers live on the bleeding edge!

8. Git's creation Created by Linus Torvalds (of Linux fame)