Re: Deciding between Git/Mercurial

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 29, 2009, 00:32 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

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> Anteru <newsgroups@catchall.shelter13.net> writes:
> 
> > I'm currently evaluating DVCS for a project, and we're at a point where
> > it comes down to either Mercurial or Git. Right now, I'm advocating for
> > Git, while my co-workers like Mercurial, so I'd like to provide some
> > good arguments in favor of git. Unfortunately, I'm not a git expert, so
> > I hope I can get some help here ...

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> > 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).
> 
> hgmercurial? or hgsubversion?
> 
> There is also fact that git has superior support for multi-branch
> development, which I think is the workflow most suited for distributed
> development.

See also http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/#hg

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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