Ruby on Rails is moving to Git and GitHub. Super cool.
I particularly like the comment from AkitaOnRails:
Right now, everybody is playing catch-up with Git, Git-svn and Github, no question about that.
Most of the projects that formerly lived in Rails’ SVN repository have already made the switch to GitHub: Prototype, Scriptaculous, and Capistrano.
And let’s not forget the awesome, high profile projects already using GitHub: Merb, RSpec, DataMapper, and of course Nu and Io. Can’t wait to see who joins next!
Update: Fixed Prototype link. Whoops!
Congrats guys!
Yes, I repeat what I said: Github is a very clever idea. You are leveraging the power of Git in an even easier way to use and collaborate.
For brazilians (and any portuguese speakers) I published some articles at my blog about Git (I’ve been evangelizing it for a few months now) like this tutorial on Git here: http://www.akitaonrails.com/2008/4/3/micro-tutorial-de-git
Kudos to the Rails Core Team and Github for this awesome move.
It won’t be long before somebody recasts Greenspun’s rule with Git in the starring role. Not that I disagree.
I’m really excited about the switch. This is a huge step in making it easier for people to contribute to the framework. I’ve found myself contributing way more to open source projects since I switched to GitHub, and I only hope that others will do the same. Congratulations!
The link for Prototype is broken. The correct link is:
http://github.com/sstephenson/prototype
It’s good to hear these projects moving to github. My watch list keeps growing larger. ;)