Answer by David Cournapeau for DVCS and data loss?
There is an inherent tension between being distributed and making sure everything is "saved" (with the underlying assumption that saved means being backed up somewhere else).IMO, this is only a real...
View ArticleAnswer by Dave Vandervies for DVCS and data loss?
I've lost more data from clobbering uncommitted changes in a centralized VCS, and then deciding that I actually wanted them, than from anything I've done with a DVCS. Part of that is that I've been...
View ArticleAnswer by Martin v. Löwis for DVCS and data loss?
I have lost data from a DVCS, both because of removing the tree along with the repository (not remembering it had important information), and because of mistakes in using the DVCS command line (git, in...
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After almost two years of using DVCS, it seems that one inherent "flaw" is accidental data loss: I have lost code which isn't pushed, and I know other people who have as well.I can see a few reasons...
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