
on Mon Mar 19 2012, Sergiu Dotenco <sergiu.dotenco-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
On 19.03.2012 15:02, Daryle Walker wrote:
Git has a competitor called Mercurial? If we're moving to a Distributed-VCS, should we go to Mercurial instead of Git? They're kind-of like CVS vs. Subversion, except I think they came up in parallel. (While Subversion was designed as an updated CVS.) I think Git was made up of a bunch of script hacks, while Mercurial was a regimented single program. I don't have a preference, but I want to make sure we consider the rival options. Daryle W.
While we're at it, Google's analysis of Git and Mercurial shouldn't be neglected:
That analysis completely ignores the (most?) important factors, mindshare and marketplace. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com