I haven't had any problems with git speed. I did notice the "clone" to the svn is a joke. rev 6767 is the latest rev there, and has been that way for days. Just an idea, maybe post the current rev, kept up-to-date somewhere on this site maybe in the title. like
MaNGOS the open source MMORPG server rev. 6767
just an idea. I compile on linux, and it has always been easy. I prefer the command line patching compared to tortoise svn patching, which never seems to work right for me. I run a wotlk beta server on windows, and I grab the files, and do all the patching on linux, then compile in vs2005. I don't see anything wrong with git, except the lack of revision number. if that can be solved, git is the way to go.