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Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Sep 6, 2013, 16:40 UTC
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From: "Konstantin Khomoutov" <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>
To: "Tim Chase" <git@tim.thechases.com>
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> On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:27:14 -0500
> Tim Chase <git@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>> Do any git users here have good "understanding Mercurial branches
>> for the git user" resources they've found helpful when working with
>> Mercurial?  Preferably a "for dummies" resource with illustrations &
>> comparison charts so I can see the big picture.
>
> I found this guide [1] very useful back in the time I tried to grok
> Mercurial.
>
> 1. 
> http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/
> --

Tim, Another recent blog is http://felipec.org/2013/08/27/analysis-of-hg-and-git-branches/ by Felipe Contreras who wrote Git's official GitMercurial bridge; git-remote-hg

Philip
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  1. Tim ChaseSep 6, 2013
  2. Tay Ray ChuanSep 6, 2013
  3. Tim ChaseSep 6, 2013
  4. Konstantin KhomoutovSep 6, 2013
  5. Philip OakleySep 6, 2013
  6. Tim ChaseSep 6, 2013
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