https://hashbang.ca/tag/scm Recent content in Scm on Hashbang.ca Hugo en-us Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:30:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/still-no-partial-checkouts-in-git Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:30:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/still-no-partial-checkouts-in-git/ <p><strong>Update</strong>: Git 1.7.0 now supports <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v1.7.0/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt#L88">&ldquo;sparse&rdquo; checkouts</a> (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/600079/is-there-any-way-to-clone-a-git-repositorys-sub-directory-only/13738951#13738951">quick overview</a>).</p> <p>Richard Fine has an excellent blog post discussing why <a href="http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2011/03/09/its-time-to-stop-using-subversion">it&rsquo;s time to stop using Subversion</a>. I was struck by the similarities between his reasons for leaving SVN in the dust and mine:</p>