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Re: Darcs

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jun 24, 2007, 23:21 UTC
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> 
> The darcs commandset (init, push, pull) is what git, hg and bzr have
> today in common.
I really think the credit goes to BK, not darcs.

BK is why a lot of git commands look like they do: I didn't want to re-implement BK, but I definitely wanted to reimplement the flow. At least for common stuff.

The fact that darcs may have been more usable than other open source scm's says more about the other open source scm's than it says about darcs.

arch/tla in particular was (is?) horribly messy. I tried to look at it before starting git, but even just a cursory look convinced me to look away..

		Linus
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Message 7 of 16 in “Darcs”
  1. Bu BacooJun 24, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsJun 24, 2007
  3. Martin LanghoffJun 24, 2007
  4. Jan HudecJun 24, 2007
  5. Theodore TsoJun 24, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 24, 2007
  8. Josh TriplettJun 28, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 28, 2007
  10. Bu BacooJun 29, 2007
  11. Florian WeimerJun 25, 2007
  12. Bu BacooJun 25, 2007
  13. Dan ChokolaJun 24, 2007
  14. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2007
  15. Dan ChokolaJun 25, 2007
  16. Martin LanghoffJun 27, 2007

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