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Subversion post commit email hook, in Ruby

Here’s a handy Ruby script that sends a descriptive email after each subversion checkin. The script is based on the one written by Elliott Hughes. Somehow I seem to rewrite this script every time I take a new job, so I’m pleased to release this one into the public domain.
(Link: Subversion post commit email hook, in Ruby)

Why You Should Switch from Subversion to Git

Forget everthing you know about branches. Your knowledge of what a ‘branch’ means in Subversion is poisonous, especially if you internalized it pre-1.5, like I did, before Subversion finally grew some basic merge tracking capabilities. Forget how painful it was to merge, forget how long it took to switch branches, forget how impossible it was to merge from a branch more than once – Git gives you a whole new world when it comes to branching and merging.
(Link: Why You Should Switch from Subversion to Git)


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