NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 17 June 2009 NYLUG: Jorden Mauro on Distributed Version Control Systems and Git

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 To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
 Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! NYLUG 6/17 Meeting: Jorden Mauro on 
Distributed Version Control Systems and Git

 REMINDER: This meeting is tomorrow, RSVP closes TOMORROW
 Visit http://rsvp.nylug.org to see if RSVP is still open.

 Wednesday, June 17, 2009
 6:30pm-8:00 PM
 IBM
 590 Madison Ave, 12th Floor
 corner of 57th Street

 ** RSVP Closes at 4:30pm the day of the meeting (sharp!) ***
 Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
 Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
 Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.

       
                             Jorden Mauro
                                - on  -
               Distributed Version Control Systems and Git

 Source Code Management or Version Control is an important aspect of
 software development.  For over a decade, CVS, a centralized SCM, was the
 dominant player in software to manage a project's code history and handle
 concurrent development by multiple programmers.

 In the past few years, new version control systems based on the idea of
 distributed systems.  This presentation will explain basic concepts in
 source code management, review the history and overall themes of
 centralized systems such as CVS and Subversion, and also introduce
 distributed SCMs and their benefits over the older systems.  Git is used
 as a concrete example of a distributed SCM and a brief introduction to Git
 features not present in most SCMs will also be featured. 

 More Information:
   * RCS Revision Control System (Wikipedia)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System

   * Distributed Revision Control (Wikipedia)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control

   * CVS (Wikipedia)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System

   * Subversion (Wikipedia)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software)

   * Git (Wikipedia)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)

   * Git homepage
     http://git-scm.com/

   * The birth of Git
     http://essays.ajs.com/2009/04/git-bitkeeper-and-power-of-open-source.html

 About Jorden Mauro:
   Jorden is a student/grader/labbie at the Rochester Institute of
   Technology currently working for JP Morgan Chase & Co. in Manhattan.

   Over the past couple of years, he's worked on the Linux kernel with Greg
   Kroah-Hartman on the staging tree to get drivers into the kernel faster
   and get them patched up, worked with Plan 9 from Bell Labs on some
   userspace stuff, and he's done a lot of things at RIT, including making
   Linux machines available for student use in one of the open labs and
   started a tech-talk series. 

 Meeting Location:
   Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
   12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google.  This is
   the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.

 Map:
   http://nylug.org/mapofibm

 Books!!!
   Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
   of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
   to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
   time.

 Swag (Give Away):
   During/after the meeting... unusually terrific Fedora swag will
   be given away.

 Stammtisch:
   After the meeting ... You may wish to join up with other NYLUGgers
   over at TGI Fridays located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th
   Street, second floor. Northeast corner.

 Python Workshops:
   We are rounding up a group that wants to learn about Python.
   This would be a great time to attend our workshop, whether you
   are just starting with Python or use it professionally.

   The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
   Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
   Next meeting is June 23.
   See the calendar at: http://nylug.org/pythoncalendar

 Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
 version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
 stuff.
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