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Well suited for small organizations to medium-sized teams/organizations. Apache Archiva is well suited for: It acts as a central repository/proxy of the artifacts generated and used by the teams.It provides control on which open source repositories can be utilized by the team.Saves network bandwidth by reducing outbound traffic.Apache Archiva is less appropriate for organizations where immediate support/bug resolutions are required.Incentivized
GIT is good to be used for faster and high availability operations during code release cycle. Git provides a complete replica of the repository on the developer's local system which is why every developer will have complete repository available for quick access on his system and they can merge the specific branches that they have worked on back to the centralized repository. The limitations with GIT are seen when checking in large files.Incentivized
It's an open source project and therefore saves cost.It allows exchange of artifacts/libraries between different teams.It allows managing internal and external repositories with ease.Incentivized
Ability to create branches off current releases to modify code that can be tested in a separate environment.Each developer had their own local copy of branches so it minimizes mistakes being made.Has a user-friendly UI called Git Gui that users can use if they do not like using the command line.Conflicts are displayed nicely so that developers can resolve with ease.Incentivized
Muti-tenancy was hard to achieve.UI can be improved. Its seems bit dated.It is a bit tricky to setup.Incentivized
There can be quite a number of commands once you get to the advanced features and functionality of Git. Takes time to master.Doesn't handle static assets (ie: videos, images, etc.) well. Although in the recent years, new functionality has been introduced to address this.Many different GUIs, many people (including myself) opt to just use the command-line.Incentivized
Git has met all standards for a source control tool and even exceeded those standards. Git is so integrated with our work that I can't imagine a day without it.Incentivized
Git is easy to use most of the time. You mostly use a few commands like commiting, fetch/pull, and push which will get you by for most of time.Incentivized
I am not sure what the official Git support channels are like as I have never needed to use any official support. Because Git is so popular among all developers now, it is pretty easy to find the answer to almost any Git question with a quick Google search. I've never had trouble finding what I'm looking for.Incentivized
It's easy to set up and get going.Incentivized
Apache Archiva is a great choice for organizations with a limited budget.Alternatives are expensive to acquire Archiva comes offers REST API(s) which allows the creation of customized UI.With Apache Archiva, it is easy to manage the remote proxy repositories.RBAC helps with managing user access to the repository.Configuration can be achieved using UI and stored in archiva.xml.Backup of configuration is quite simple.Incentivized
I've used both Apache Subversion & Git over the years and have maintained my allegiance to Git. Git is not objectively better than Subversion. It's different.The key difference is that it is decentralized. With Subversion, you have a problem here: The SVN Repository may be in a location you can't reach (behind a VPN, intranet - etc), you cannot commit. If you want to make a copy of your code, you have to literally copy/paste it. With Git, you do not have this problem. Your local copy is a repository, and you can commit to it and get all benefits of source control. When you regain connectivity to the main repository, you can commit against it. Another thing for consideration is that Git tracks content rather than files. Branches are lightweight and merging is easy, and I mean really easy.It's distributed, basically every repository is a branch. It's much easier to develop concurrently and collaboratively than with Subversion, in my opinion. It also makes offline development possible. It doesn't impose any workflow, as seen on the above linked website, there are many workflows possible with Git. A Subversion-style workflow is easily mimicked.Incentivized
The impact of Apache Archiva on ROI has been positive. Since it is open source. It is free.It has allowed teams to store artifacts centrally, thus leading to a reduced need for multiple serversSecurity audits can be easily performed on the artifacts.Incentivized
Git has saved our organization countless hours having to manually trace code to a breaking change or manage conflicting changes. It has no equal when it comes to scalability or manageability.Git has allowed our engineering team to build code reviews into its workflow by preventing a developer from approving or merging in their own code; instead, all proposed changes are reviewed by another engineer to assess the impact of the code and whether or not it should be merged in first. This greatly reduces the likelihood of breaking changes getting into production.Git has at times created some confusion among developers about what to do if they accidentally commit a change they decide later they want to roll back. There are multiple ways to address this problem and the best available option may not be obvious in all cases.Incentivized