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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git wiki

From
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
May 3, 2006, 16:47 UTC
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<20060503164732.GB9820@thunk.org>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605030817580.4086@g5.osdl.org>

Mercurial also has an easier learning curve; and while the "Everyday Git with 20 commands or so" is a very good document, and I've found it invaluable for getting started, if you compare it to the "Quick Start for the Impatient" page on the front page of the Mercurial Wiki, for many people Mercurial will *appear* to be an order of magitude simpler and is yet powerful enough for their project.

Of course, a lot of it is that git *is* much more powerful, much like the difference between a stickshift with a racing clutch (git) and a car with an automatic transmission (hg). So maybe one thing that would help git would be a stronger emphasis of cogito for those projects that don't need the full power of using git "straight up".

Just a thought....
						- Ted
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  3. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
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  6. Nicolas PitreMay 3, 2006
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  8. Andreas EricssonMay 3, 2006
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  10. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  12. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  13. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  14. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  15. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  17. David LangMay 3, 2006
  18. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  19. David LangMay 3, 2006
  20. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  21. Daniel BarkalowMay 4, 2006
  22. Theodore TsoMay 3, 2006
  23. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  24. Theodore TsoMay 3, 2006
  25. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  26. Sam RavnborgMay 3, 2006
  27. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  28. Joel BeckerMay 3, 2006
  29. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  30. Daniel BarkalowMay 3, 2006
  31. seanMay 3, 2006
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2006
  34. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  35. [ANNOUNCE] Revamped Git homepagePetr Baudis, May 4, 2006
  36. Jakub NarebskiMay 4, 2006
  37. Petr BaudisMay 4, 2006

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