DVCS vs. Subversion brittleness (was Re: Moving to D)

[Brad Roberts]

On 2/1/2011 6:17 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> Bleh. I tried to use Git to update some of the doc files, but getting
> the thing to work will be a miracle.
> 
> git can't find the public keys unless I use msysgit. Great. How
> exactly do I cd to D:\ ?
> 
> So I try git-gui. Seems to work fine, I clone the forked repo and make
> a few changes. I try to commit, it says I have to update first. So I
> do that. *Error: crash crash crash*. I try to close the thing, it just
> keeps crashing. CTRL+ALT+DEL time..
> 
> Okay, I try another GUI package, GitExtensions. I make new
> public/private keys and add it to github, I'm about to clone but then
> I get this "fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly".
> 
> I don't know what to say..

I use cygwin for all my windows work (which I try to keep to a minimum).  Works just fine in that environment.