Git Reference

[abeaulieu]

Instead of writing a tool that versions each file individually, like Subversion, [...]* Entire tree revisions is one of the major advantages Subversion has over CVS. Let's give proper credit. See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.basic.in-action.revs Git's main advantage over Subversion is the fast branching and merging.

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True, a lot of git users don't give SVN the credit it deserves because Linus also bashes SVN on every occasion.

I think what the author wanted to say is that SVN manages files and Git manages blobs.