THE VIDEO SHELF · distributed version control
Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git
Linus Torvalds gives a Google tech talk on git, the source control system he created two years earlier. He argues for distributed version control over centralized systems such as CVS and Subversion.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN repeatedly recommends it as the iconic explanation of why git is designed as it is and why distributed VCS beats centralized ones.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Topic
- distributed version control
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 9
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2007–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I'd recommend darcs or git. Check out Linus' talk on git, he basically spends 70 minutes talking about why a distributed VCS is vastly superior to any centralized system. [VIDEO]
tmm1 on Hacker News · 2007-10
In What does News.YC think of distributed version control?Watch this video and you will become enlightened as to why this is the case: [Linus Torvalds on Git] [VIDEO]
JonnieCache on Hacker News · 2011-04
In The Merge ButtonA great speech @ Google on a subject directly apropos of pg's start-up spiel: [LINK] Another awesome speech from Google's tech talk series (it takes a little bit of tyrant to pull this off, tho): [VIDEO]
benthumb on Hacker News · 2012-03
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