From: Jakub Narebski Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:32:24 GMT Subject: Re: Deciding between Git/Mercurial Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Jakub Narebski writes: > Anteru 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 ... [...] > > 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 -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git