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Oct 1, 2021, 8:24 AM

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[2] CK4NXQZS Add a Plastic image compare screenshot
[3] I3EH5ASI Improve speaker notes
[4] S5Z5XMPA Add a Fossil feature
[5] YZWWU6JG Speaker notes improvements
[6] 6RNQOQTH Add slides URL
[7] W7EIQGVR Progress
[8] GHBCQL5F Speaker notes improvements
[9] ENHNSR4Q Add a Fossil vs. Git comparison
[10] 5LKTNB6O LOTS of progress
[11] QUG3TDX3 Update to reveal.js 4.1 and a few small fixes
[12] SQWPGFUE Finish the demos
[13] D7QXCWGA Progress
[14] 4AZS4L6B Add chapters
[15] 7RVMAQLP Final major additions to the slide deck
[16] UXLO2KVD Introduce fragments
[17] LDVTVP2G All TODOs are gone now
[18] WYULWETJ Reorganize
[19] BRKBOTWH After-talk changes
[20] NYFLNSVV Add some contents
[21] ARAFRHKU Create the outline of the talk
[22] PMBAMPBI Finish the title slide
[23] KPHR32IR Progress
[24] 36IPNPIS Handle a few TODOs
[25] QEKU5M3O Preface
[26] UYGSVBN7 Start the fossil demo
[27] 73PQOETU Update slides to 2021 situation
[28] CBUCBYTV Progress
[*] UH3YXOLF Start the slide deck

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That means **none** of that GUI stuff; I promote using the command-line as much as possible.
Because using the command-line **rocks**!
Besides practical stuff like this, we also discuss the pros and cons of distributed version control systems and how they compare to the earlier version control system, like CVS and Subversion.

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Among other things, we discuss the pros and cons of distributed version control systems and how they compare to the earlier version control system, like CVS and Subversion.
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Moreover, her 'discovery' actually proved to be a **lot** more interesting than mine.
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So I turned around and looked at the chart for a while, thinking "Huh!"
"Funny how it seems we can't look any further, after we think we've got it all figured out."
Because if you look at the chart and you look beyond what you've already seen (the year 2005), then it becomes painfully obvious -- that in version control land, **nothing** seems to have happened after 2006.
This is one of those things that, once you see it, you can't **unsee** it.
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## Some surprising facts on Git

<blockquote class="fragment">
"I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."
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<https://www.infoworld.com/article/2669670/after-controversy--torvalds-begins-work-on--git-.html> 

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When Linus Torvalds was asked why he called the new software, "git," British slang meaning "a rotten person," he said:
[slide]
"I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."

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Also, not all version control systems focus as much on open-source development as Git does, for example.

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Also, not all version control systems focus as much on supporting open-source development as Git does, for example.
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In this college talk I tried to predict what browser we would be using ten years later in time.

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In this college talk I tried to predict what browser we would use ten years later in time.
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Firstly, notice the date, in the bottom left corner.
This slide deck was created fourteen years ago, and it shows.
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Disastrous!
Major waste of space.

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Disastrous, major waste of space.
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I think slide deck designs are a lot like fashion.
If you would just wait another fifteen years, they will be popular again.
Don't you think so?

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Maybe slide deck designs are like fashion.
If we just wait for another fifteen years, they will be popular again.
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Eventually the dominant product will be replaced by a new one, like the browser world.

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Eventually the dominant product will be replaced by a new one.
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Internet Explorer was replaced by Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox was replaced by Google Chrome.

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Internet Explorer was replaced by Google Chrome.
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So let's return to the version control world and see which products we need to investigate as aspiring successors of Git!

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So let's return to the version control world now and see which products we need to investigate as aspiring successors of Git!
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# Three New(er) Kids On The Block

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# Two New(er) Kids On The Block
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## Three new(er) kids on the block

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## Two new(er) kids on the block
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* Plastic (2006)
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These three Version Control Systems have been published after the large Distributed Version Control wave in March/April 2005.

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If that would be true, it should have happened already.
And... it didn't!

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# Plastic

* Fast branching 
* Merge previews 
* Both central and distributed 
* Comes with a lot of GUI stuff 

![Plastic logo](img/logos/plastic.png) 

<https://www.plasticscm.com> 

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Git has most of these features already.
It just lacks the GUI stuff.

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## Focus on artists and designers

* 'Plastic Gluon' is a version control component meant for artists and designers 
* Image diffing 
* References on their website are exclusively from game studios 
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In game studios a lot of different expertise is joined in a team.
Programmers, designers, artists.
And they all need to use the same code repository.
So for them it seems to make sense to add GUI tools to help their source code management.

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<https://www.plasticscm.com/images/gallery/large/image-02-diff-swipe.png> 

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## But
#### Plastic is not going to be 'the Git killer'

* it's not open-source software 
* Git users are not changing their VCS just for some eye candy 

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* **not open-source software**
* apparently, the story of BitKeeper has not taught the people of Plastic **anything**
* Git users are not changing their VCS just for some *eye candy*
* most of them are used to using the command-line.
* those who are not are probably using a web-based product, or SourceTree or GitHub Desktop.

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But that one focuses primarily on game studios, where contributors work with graphics and other binary files.
Also, it's proprietary software. Apparently they haven't heard the BitKeeper story yet.
So it's a nice addition to the market as it fills a niche, but because of that and the closed-source license I highly doubt it will replace Git in the end.
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Now we get to the more serious contenders!
And first up is Fossil.

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So, let's talk about Fossil first.
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<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">has a 'preserve all history' philosophy</li>

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<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">a 'preserve all history' philosophy</li>
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<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">repository UI (<code>fossil ui</code>)</li>
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<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">embedded documentation</li>
<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">technical notes</li>
<li class="fragment fade-in-then-semi-out">forum</li>

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<li>repository UI (<code>fossil ui</code>)</li>
<li>wiki, ticketing & bug tracking</li>
<li>embedded documentation</li>
<li>technical notes</li>
<li>forum</li>
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### Close

fossil close
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<tr class="fragment">
<td>Contributors</td>
<td>5,000+</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>Contributors</td>
<td>5,000+</td>
<td>4</td>
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In contrast, Git doesn't store any patches.

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By contrast, Git doesn't store any patches.
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* Nest demo - <https://nest.pijul.com/pijul_org/pijul>
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### Nest Demo

Type nest.pijul.com in a new browser tab!
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* New change format; 'patches' are now called 'changes' 

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* Inclusive author names 
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