Should I understand SVN before I jump to GIT?

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Published on 2011-01-10T17:07:46Z Indexed on 2011/01/10 17:59 UTC
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I work in a department where no one has ever used source control before, including myself.

I am trying to push the concept. I have spent a little while researching SVN. I some basics learned. I can Create/update/checkout/commit with command line and from Tortoise. I am starting to learn how to tag and branch but still confused a lot about conflicts between branches and trunk etc. I am still learning, but I do not have a physical person who can show me anything. Its all from books/tutorials and trial and error.

From what I have read online it seems like git is the better thing to know, but its also more complicated. I don't want to overwhelm myself. Should I continue to master svn before moving to git or would I be wiser to just jump to git now?

Are there pros and cons to both approaches?

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