Comments on: Creative Version Control http://fanzter.com/blog/2010/01/25/creative-version-control/ Fanzter is a software development company with a simple mission: to create the world's best consumer Internet products. This is where the Fanzter team posts company updates, talks about new products, and keeps you up-to-date about our company. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aaron Weyenberg http://fanzter.com/blog/2010/01/25/creative-version-control/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Aaron Weyenberg Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:15 +0000 http://fanzter.com/blog/?p=477#comment-186 I wasn't a fan at all at first, but it has grown on me quite a bit. As far as art source, I'm not sure I'd go with Git over the other products I mentioned. For CSS, static templates, Flash code, etc, yes I would recommend trying it. However, the challenge will be getting them to 1) learn the core concepts of Git and the commands and 2) being faithful to it. I once led an initiative to get designers in a larger company to adopt version control (Perforce) for Flash projects, but it didn't take. The idea of checking out ActionScript code and committing changes was too much for them, even with Perforce's elegant GUI tool. The urge to work with no one else in mind was too strong. I suspect the issue would be even more pronounced with Git, given it's higher geek factor. I'm interested in hearing any other accounts of VC adoption among creative teams. I wasn’t a fan at all at first, but it has grown on me quite a bit.

As far as art source, I’m not sure I’d go with Git over the other products I mentioned. For CSS, static templates, Flash code, etc, yes I would recommend trying it.

However, the challenge will be getting them to 1) learn the core concepts of Git and the commands and 2) being faithful to it.

I once led an initiative to get designers in a larger company to adopt version control (Perforce) for Flash projects, but it didn’t take. The idea of checking out ActionScript code and committing changes was too much for them, even with Perforce’s elegant GUI tool. The urge to work with no one else in mind was too strong. I suspect the issue would be even more pronounced with Git, given it’s higher geek factor.

I’m interested in hearing any other accounts of VC adoption among creative teams.

]]> By: Mike Wray http://fanzter.com/blog/2010/01/25/creative-version-control/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Mike Wray Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:30:23 +0000 http://fanzter.com/blog/?p=477#comment-184 Great post Aaron. So are you a fan of Git at this point? Do you recommend that designers in other companies with developers who use Git adopt it as well? Great post Aaron. So are you a fan of Git at this point? Do you recommend that designers in other companies with developers who use Git adopt it as well?

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