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Re: Deciding between Git/Mercurial

From
AAnteru <anteru@shelter13.net>
Date
Oct 22, 2009, 06:50 UTC
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Dilip M schrieb:
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> Hi Anteru,
> 
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Anteru  wrote:
> 
> ..snip..
> 
>> So far, my key arguments are that git is more robust (more projects using
>> it, larger developer base), of course git's excellent performance and the
>> much better support for SVN, which is important for us as we can slowly
>> migrate from SVN->Git, while hgmercurial is still in the making (and
>> Python's SVN->Hg switch is for instance waiting for it).
> 
> So finally which you choosed? Just curious?

Bzr, it has even better SVN interop, works the same across all platforms, performance-wise, Bzr 2.x turned out to be more than sufficient and the UI tools are quite polished.

Thanks for all the comments on Git and Hg!
Cheers,
  Anteru
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  2. Robin RosenbergSep 27, 2009
  3. AnteruSep 27, 2009
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  5. Mark StrubergSep 27, 2009
  6. AnteruSep 27, 2009
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  12. Matthieu MoySep 28, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinSep 28, 2009
  14. Felipe ContrerasSep 28, 2009
  15. Bruce StephensSep 28, 2009
  16. Matthias AndreeSep 30, 2009
  17. Dilip MSep 28, 2009
  18. Damien WyartSep 28, 2009
  19. Steven NoonanSep 28, 2009
  20. Sverre RabbelierSep 28, 2009
  21. Randal L. SchwartzSep 28, 2009
  22. Sverre RabbelierSep 29, 2009
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  24. Matthieu MoySep 29, 2009
  25. Sverre RabbelierSep 29, 2009
  26. Jakub NarebskiSep 28, 2009
  27. Jakub NarebskiSep 29, 2009
  28. AnteruSep 29, 2009
  29. Leo RazoumovSep 29, 2009
  30. Jakub NarebskiSep 29, 2009
  31. Matthieu MoySep 29, 2009
  32. Leo RazoumovSep 30, 2009
  33. Björn SteinbrinkSep 30, 2009
  34. Andreas EricssonSep 30, 2009
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  36. Paolo BonziniSep 29, 2009
  37. Daniele SegatoSep 29, 2009
  38. Dilip MSep 29, 2009
  39. Matthias AndreeSep 30, 2009
  40. Daniel BarkalowSep 30, 2009
  41. Dilip MOct 22, 2009
  42. AnteruOct 22, 2009
  43. Dilip MOct 22, 2009
  44. AnteruOct 22, 2009

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