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GitHub vs TortoiseSVN: What are the differences?
Developers describe GitHub as "Powerful collaboration, review, and code management for open source and private development projects". GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together. On the other hand, TortoiseSVN is detailed as "The coolest interface to (Sub)version control". It is a really easy to use Revision control / version control / source control software for Windows. It is based on Apache™ Subversion (SVN)®; TortoiseSVN provides a nice and easy user interface for Subversion.Since it's not an integration for a specific IDE like Visual Studio, Eclipse or others, you can use it with whatever development tools you like, and with any type of file.
GitHub and TortoiseSVN belong to "Code Collaboration & Version Control" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by GitHub are:
- Command Instructions
- Source Browser
- Git Powered Wikis
On the other hand, TortoiseSVN provides the following key features:
- Easy to use. all commands are available directly from the Windows Explorer
- Powerful commit dialog. integrated spell checker for log messages
- Per project settings
TortoiseSVN is an open source tool with 39 GitHub stars and 29 GitHub forks. Here's a link to TortoiseSVN's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, GitHub has a broader approval, being mentioned in 6386 company stacks & 31394 developers stacks; compared to TortoiseSVN, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Do you review your Pull/Merge Request before assigning Reviewers?
If you work in a team opening a Pull Request (or Merge Request) looks appropriate. However, have you ever thought about opening a Pull/Merge Request when working by yourself? Here's a checklist of things you can review in your own:
- Pick the correct target branch
- Make Drafts explicit
- Name things properly
- Ask help for tools
- Remove the noise
- Fetch necessary data
- Understand Mergeability
- Pass the message
- Add screenshots
- Be found in the future
- Comment inline in your changes
Read the blog post for more detailed explanation for each item :D
What else do you review before asking for code review?
Using an inclusive language is crucial for fostering a diverse culture. Git has changed the naming conventions to be more language-inclusive, and so you should change. Our development tools, like GitHub and GitLab, already supports the change.
SourceLevel deals very nicely with repositories that changed the master branch to a more appropriate word. Besides, you can use the grep linter the look for exclusive terms contained in the source code.
As the inclusive language gap may happen in other aspects of our lives, have you already thought about them?
One of the magic tricks git performs is the ability to rewrite log history. You can do it in many ways, but git rebase -i is the one I most use. With this command, It’s possible to switch commits order, remove a commit, squash two or more commits, or edit, for instance.
It’s particularly useful to run it before opening a pull request. It allows developers to “clean up” the mess and organize commits before submitting to review. If you follow the practice 3 and 4, then the list of commits should look very similar to a task list. It should reveal the rationale you had, telling the story of how you end up with that final code.
Pros of GitHub
- Open source friendly1.8K
- Easy source control1.5K
- Nice UI1.2K
- Great for team collaboration1.1K
- Easy setup856
- Issue tracker495
- Great community477
- Remote team collaboration475
- Great way to share443
- Pull request and features planning435
- Just works138
- Integrated in many tools124
- Free Public Repos111
- Github Gists105
- Github pages102
- Easy to find repos80
- Open source59
- Easy to find projects58
- Network effect56
- It's free54
- Extensive API46
- Organizations42
- Branching41
- Developer Profiles33
- Git Powered Wikis32
- Great for collaboration29
- It's fun22
- Community SDK involvement22
- Clean interface and good integrations21
- Learn from others source code18
- It integrates directly with Azure14
- Because: Git14
- Wide acceptance13
- Newsfeed9
- Large community9
- Standard in Open Source collab9
- It integrates directly with Hipchat8
- Fast7
- Beautiful user experience7
- Easy to discover new code libraries6
- Cloud SCM6
- Nice API5
- Graphs5
- Integrations5
- It's awesome5
- Smooth integration5
- Hands down best online Git service available4
- Remarkable uptime4
- Reliable4
- Unlimited Public Repos at no cost3
- CI Integration3
- Free HTML hosting3
- Loved by developers3
- Quick Onboarding3
- Security options3
- Simple but powerful3
- Uses GIT3
- Version Control3
- Easy to use and collaborate with others3
- Nice to use2
- IAM integration1
- Issues tracker1
- Free HTML hostings1
- Free private repos1
- Self Hosted1
- All in one development service1
- Ci1
- Good tools support1
- Easy source control and everything is backed up1
- Leads the copycats1
- Never dethroned1
- Easy and efficient maintainance of the projects1
- Owned by micrcosoft1
- Beautiful1
- Easy deployment via SSH1
- IAM1
- Easy to use1
- 10
- Profound0
Pros of TortoiseSVN
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Cons of GitHub
- Owned by micrcosoft44
- Expensive for lone developers that want private repos36
- Relatively slow product/feature release cadence15
- API scoping could be better10
- Only 3 collaborators for private repos8
- Limited featureset for issue management3
- GitHub Packages does not support SNAPSHOT versions2
- Have to use a token for the package registry1
- No multilingual interface1
- Takes a long time to commit1
Cons of TortoiseSVN
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