Thank you all for the information! Zhi On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Zhi Li <lizhi1215@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I have a question maybe not suitable to be put on this list. I'm just > > curious on git and Linux history. As what was said on wiki, Linux > > kernel was maintained by BitKeeper, then for some reason, BitKeeper > > can not be used, so git was invented. My question is what was used > > before BitKeeper, CVS? I don't think so. Then, just using file to > > manage? > > For why BitKeeper could not be used, see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Early_history > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitHistory > http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982 > http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/129776/after_controversy_torvalds_begins_work_git?fp=16&fpid=0 > > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/demise-of-gratis-bitkeeper.html > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html > http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/the-bitkeeper-ghost.html > > Before BitKeeper Linux used tarballs (for releases) plus patches (for > changes); patches were send by email (on LKML). Some maintainers used > tools like Quilt (or custom scripts) for patch management. > > > P.S. FreeBSD (IIRC) used / uses CVS for version control, but it has > quite different development model than Linux. > > -- > Jakub Narebski > Poland > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html