Perfect “map” to assist in finding some common ground between Git and Tfs!
When coming from a visual SourceSafe / Tfs background the transition to Git can be a bit intimidating.
I found this blog post by Rene van Osnabrugge really helpful to get a foothold into the Git world.
When I started my development career way back in 1999, the first Source Control System I ever used was Visual SourceSafe. After a few years I switched to SVN for a while and I liked that. The, in 2005 came Team Foundation Server and I embraced it, including the Source Control of course. And since then I must say, I really like TFS Source Control. You need to remember that the server must always know what you are doing, but once you know that and practice that it is simply a great and easy to use Version Control System.
When TFS 2012 introduced Local Workspaces, it became even better, because now all the advantages of TFS and all the advantages of a system like for example SVN were combined. The perfect world !
But then came Git. And I must say that is something different. When I first heard…
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