[rancid] Rancid and Git

[Brown, David M JR]

> to support it, i have to test it and havent had time.  what does git provide
> over svn?  afaict, there is only one feature, which does not apply to rancid.

For us, the feature fits well into the rest of our git repository management we have internally. We have a centralized git server where all configuration for internal applications is stored and supporting a subversion server is replication of support overhead that shouldn't be needed.

Furthermore, git, like most distributed SCMs, supports pushing and pulling to multiple locations this means that multiple rancid deployments could be hooked into one central git repository. At least for us we have managed switches that are not accessible (due to security or support concerns) from broader networks. The ability to setup a tree of git repositories to aggregate our network configurations to a central place is a big feature for us.

Thanks,
- David Brown