When it comes to hiring, I'll take a Github commit log over a resume any day.

Re:When it comes to hiring, I'll take a Github commit log ov... by kenjackson on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @04:09PM (#2388973)

Not only that, but it puts those that contribute to other repos at a disadvantage. Additionally, it puts Windows devs at a disadvantage as Git is simply not as usable as Mercurial/SVN or heaven forbid, even TFS, on Windows.

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Re:When it comes to hiring, I'll take a Github commit log ov... by merijnv on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @04:42PM (#2389132)

That's not necessarily true. I prefer Mercurial over Git but I prefer GitHub over Bitbucket/Google Code. That's why the fine folks over at GitHub implemented their hg-git plugin which allows Mercurial to interact with Git repositories. That means I get to keep on using my preferred tool together with my preferred site, progress! \o/

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Re:When it comes to hiring, I'll take a Github commit log ov... by Athtar on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @08:37PM (#2389919)

Putting aside GitHub/Bitbucket, the tools for Git (and even Mercurial) suck when it comes to Windows. This is the case with both the Visual Studio and the Explorer plug-ins. It's a real shame too, because Git and Mercurial are massive improvements over the existing SCM tools for Windows-based developers (CVS/SVN/TFS, etc.)

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