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Updates for June 2012 presentation.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
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-            <header><h1>(Subliminal Message)</h1></header>
+            <header><h1>Agenda</h1></header>
             
             
-            <section><img alt="images/stop.jpg" src="images/stop.jpg" /></section>
+            <section><ul class="simple">
+<li>Brief history of version control tools</li>
+<li>Features of distributed version control</li>
+<li>Brief introduction to Mercurial</li>
+</ul></section>
             
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+            <header><h1>Disclaimers</h1></header>
+            
+            
+            <section><ul class="simple">
+<li>This is not a sales pitch</li>
+<li>I actually <span class="strike">like</span> respect Subversion<ul>
+<li>I'm the &quot;Subversion guy&quot; on my team</li>
+<li>I developed SVN training and have given it ~9-10 times</li>
+<li><a class="reference external" href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3919">http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3919</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>I am not an expert<ul>
+<li>I'm probably making this look too easy</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul></section>
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+            <header><h1>Presenter Notes</h1></header>
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+            <header><h1>Why learn about DVCS?</h1></header>
+            
+            
+            <section><ul class="simple">
+<li>DVCS have exploded in the open source world<ul>
+<li>Interestingly, Subversion is growing in corporate environments</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Frustration with current tools</li>
+<li>Interesting to see how the tools have evolved<ul>
+<li>As a software practitioner, you should know what your options are</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul></section>
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+            <header><h1>Presenter Notes</h1></header>
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 <li>Initial pull down of an entire repository <em>might</em> be slower than a CVCS<ul>
 <li>Then again, you might be surprised</li>
-<li>Mercurial, for example, stores an entire repository in less space than
+<li>Mercurial, for example, stores an <em>entire</em> repository in less space than
 a SVN working copy in many cases</li>
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 <li>With a CVCS, you have to pick where to put the server</li>
 <li>The remote location is stuck with network latency &amp; associated problems</li>
 <li>With a DVCS, each site can have a central repository<ul>
-<li>The two central repos can be synched when convenient or even scripted</li>
+<li>The two central repos can be synch'ed when convenient or even scripted</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
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 <li>Subversion has a bad reputation for merging<ul>
 <li>Some of this is not warranted...<ul>
 <li>Merge tracking was added in SVN v1.5</li>
+<li>Steadily improved in v1.6 - v1.7</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 <li>SVN does not handle file renames and tree conflicts very well</li>
-<li>A lot of teams simply avoid merging out of fear</li>
+<li>A lot of teams simply avoid merging out of fear or superstition</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
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 <li>More attention was paid to this aspect by DVCS's</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li>DVCS's use directed acyclic graphs internally to represent change sets<ul>
+<li>DVCS's use <strong>directed acyclic graphs</strong> internally to represent change sets<ul>
 <li>More information is available to make merge decisions</li>
 <li>Easier to find common ancestors of code</li>
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 <li>With a CVCS:<ul>
 <li>You make changes in your working copy</li>
-<li>Before you can commit, you often must peform an update<ul>
+<li>Before you can commit, you often must perform an update<ul>
 <li>This may trigger a merge</li>
 <li>Your changes are now mixed up with your friendly coworkers' changes</li>
 <li>Sometimes this can be a problem...</li>
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 </li>
 <li>Huge repositories are not practical</li>
-<li>Hetrogenous repositories are not practical<ul>
+<li>Heterogeneous repositories are not practical<ul>
 <li>Not a good idea to mix, say, software, systems, and firmware in the same repo</li>
 <li>Not a good idea to mix multiple products in the same repo</li>
-<li>Arguably, this applies to a CVCS as well</li>
+<li><em>Arguably, this applies to a CVCS as well</em></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 <li>No support for path-based access control<ul>
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 <li>Reputation for being fast &amp; easy to get started with</li>
 <li>Can be served via Apache Web server</li>
 <li>Repository hooks</li>
-<li>Integrates with Trac</li>
+<li>Integrates with the Trac issue tracker</li>
 <li>Can import history from other tools, including Subversion</li>
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+            <header><h1>A note on branching...</h1></header>
+            
+            
+            <section><ul class="simple">
+<li>Branching happens <em>all the time</em> when multiple developers are involved</li>
+<li>It is so natural you may not notice it at first</li>
+<li>Branching often has two meanings:<ul>
+<li>The &quot;normal&quot; day-to-day branching when developers combine changes</li>
+<li>The conceptual branching that occurs when:<ul>
+<li>You need a feature branch</li>
+<li>You need a release branch</li>
+<li>You need an experimental branch</li>
+<li>etc.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul></section>
+            
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+            <header><h1>Presenter Notes</h1></header>
+            <section>
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+            
+            <header><h1>Ways to Branch in Hg</h1></header>
+            
+            
+            <section><ul class="simple">
+<li>Just make another clone of the repository!<ul>
+<li>Slowest, safest, easiest to understand</li>
+<li>Hard links are used (where available) to minimize disk space</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Bookmarks<ul>
+<li>Lightweight tags can be applied to changesets</li>
+<li>Similar to how Git does branches</li>
+<li>Bookmarks can be deleted; they are not permanent</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Named branches<ul>
+<li>Actually recording the branch name in the changeset</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Anonymous branches<ul>
+<li>Update to any old changeset, make changes, commit</li>
+<li>&quot;Good&quot; for emergency fixes, bad for remembering what you did</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul></section>
+            
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-        <th><a href="#slide2">(Subliminal Message)</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide2">Agenda</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide2">2</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide4">Brief History of Version Control Tools</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide4">Disclaimers</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide4">4</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide5">Brief History of Version Control Tools</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide5">Why learn about DVCS?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide5">5</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide7">What is a CVCS Again?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide7">Brief History of Version Control Tools</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide7">7</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide8">So what's a DVCS look like?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide8">Brief History of Version Control Tools</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide8">8</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide9">What does a DVCS buy you?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide9">What is a CVCS Again?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide9">9</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-10">
-        <th><a href="#slide10">Private Workspaces</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide10">So what's a DVCS look like?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide10">10</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-11">
-        <th><a href="#slide11">Offline Mode</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide11">What does a DVCS buy you?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide11">11</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-12">
-        <th><a href="#slide12">Speed</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide12">Private Workspaces</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide12">12</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide13">Scalability</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide13">Offline Mode</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide13">13</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide14">Split Geography</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide14">Speed</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide14">14</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-15">
-        <th><a href="#slide15">Flexible Workflows</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide15">Scalability</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide15">15</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-16">
-        <th><a href="#slide16">Distributed Backups</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide16">Split Geography</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide16">16</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide17">Easier Merging</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide17">Flexible Workflows</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide17">17</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide18">Easier Merging (cont.)</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide18">Distributed Backups</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide18">18</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide19">Commit Before Merge</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide19">Easier Merging</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide19">19</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-20">
-        <th><a href="#slide20">Okay, what's the catch?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide20">Easier Merging (cont.)</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide20">20</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide21">Introduction to Mercurial</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide21">Commit Before Merge</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide21">21</a></td>
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       <tr id="toc-row-22">
-        <th><a href="#slide22">Mercurial Overview</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide22">Okay, what's the catch?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide22">22</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-23">
-        <th><a href="#slide23">Repositories &amp; Working Directories</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide23">Introduction to Mercurial</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide23">23</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-24">
-        <th><a href="#slide24">What's in a Repository?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide24">Mercurial Overview</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide24">24</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
       <tr id="toc-row-25">
-        <th><a href="#slide25">What's a Changeset?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide25">Repositories &amp; Working Directories</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide25">25</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide26">Branches &amp; Tags</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide26">What's in a Repository?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide26">26</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide27">Example Workflow</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide27">What's a Changeset?</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide27">27</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide28">Example Workflow (cont.)</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide28">Branches &amp; Tags</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide28">28</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide29">Example Workflow (cont.)</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide29">A note on branching...</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide29">29</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide30">SVN Commands for Review</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide30">Ways to Branch in Hg</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide30">30</a></td>
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       <tr id="toc-row-31">
-        <th><a href="#slide31">Basic Mercurial Commands</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide31">Example Workflow</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide31">31</a></td>
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-        <th><a href="#slide32">References</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide32">Example Workflow (cont.)</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide32">32</a></td>
       </tr>
       
       
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-        <th><a href="#slide33">Questions?</a></th>
+        <th><a href="#slide33">Example Workflow (cont.)</a></th>
         <td><a href="#slide33">33</a></td>
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+      <tr id="toc-row-34">
+        <th><a href="#slide34">SVN Commands for Review</a></th>
+        <td><a href="#slide34">34</a></td>
+      </tr>
+      
+      
+      <tr id="toc-row-35">
+        <th><a href="#slide35">Basic Mercurial Commands</a></th>
+        <td><a href="#slide35">35</a></td>
+      </tr>
+      
+      
+      <tr id="toc-row-36">
+        <th><a href="#slide36">References</a></th>
+        <td><a href="#slide36">36</a></td>
+      </tr>
+      
+      
+      <tr id="toc-row-37">
+        <th><a href="#slide37">Questions?</a></th>
+        <td><a href="#slide37">37</a></td>
+      </tr>
+      
+      
     </table>
   </div>