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It's too bad this is git only for now. Is there any plan to add support for mercurial repositories?

stephenr 10y ago
Oh. Well shit. I signed up for the beta without realising this. At this point, the only thing keeping me on BitBucket instead of GitLab is Mercurial support.
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rajksarkar 10y ago
For the beta, only Git repositories are supported. We have plans to support Mercurial in the future.
- ngoldbaum 10y ago
  Great to hear. Looking forward to trying out Pipelines once hg support is ready.
brianwawok 10y ago
Serious question... are you using HG because of history, or do people actively choose HG over Git for new projects still? Have used both, they are so close, seems "odd" to go for the way less popular one, barring you have a really old HG repo and haven't bothered to switch.
- kasey_junk 10y ago
  I do, assuming its just for me. I still much prefer the hg cli over git. But, I'll grant its not worth fighting over if I am working with collaborators who have a git preference.
  - tachion 10y ago
    I really like to ask, if someone has Git preference, or is Git the only thing they know, enforcing VCS === Git point of view on everyone around...
  - brianwawok 10y ago
    Kasey, it is "origin/master" or "origin master"? Ha ha
- ngoldbaum 10y ago
  I prefer mercurial over git and will choose it every time for new projects unless there's some other concern preventing that. Mercurial has a number of features that git never implemented - in particular revsets. I also prefer the hg CLI over the git CLI. Mercurial has sane, concise online help, and a lot of work went into the design of the command-line to be consistent, composable, and made of pieces that do one thing and do it well.
  - rjbwork 10y ago
    Seconding this sentiment. Far, far, prefer hg to git. TortoiseHg blows away the Git UI's as well, IMO. I always feel like i'm poking around in the dark on SourceTree.
- jordigh 10y ago
  Yes, many of us choose hg. Its development is lively, it keeps innovating, it's pleasant to use. Vive la résistance!

Oh. Well shit. I signed up for the beta without realising this. At this point, the only thing keeping me on BitBucket instead of GitLab is Mercurial support.

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rajksarkar 10y ago

For the beta, only Git repositories are supported. We have plans to support Mercurial in the future.

ngoldbaum 10y ago
Great to hear. Looking forward to trying out Pipelines once hg support is ready.

brianwawok 10y ago

Serious question... are you using HG because of history, or do people actively choose HG over Git for new projects still? Have used both, they are so close, seems "odd" to go for the way less popular one, barring you have a really old HG repo and haven't bothered to switch.

kasey_junk 10y ago
I do, assuming its just for me. I still much prefer the hg cli over git. But, I'll grant its not worth fighting over if I am working with collaborators who have a git preference.
- tachion 10y ago
  I really like to ask, if someone has Git preference, or is Git the only thing they know, enforcing VCS === Git point of view on everyone around...
- brianwawok 10y ago
  Kasey, it is "origin/master" or "origin master"? Ha ha
ngoldbaum 10y ago
I prefer mercurial over git and will choose it every time for new projects unless there's some other concern preventing that. Mercurial has a number of features that git never implemented - in particular revsets. I also prefer the hg CLI over the git CLI. Mercurial has sane, concise online help, and a lot of work went into the design of the command-line to be consistent, composable, and made of pieces that do one thing and do it well.
- rjbwork 10y ago
  Seconding this sentiment. Far, far, prefer hg to git. TortoiseHg blows away the Git UI's as well, IMO. I always feel like i'm poking around in the dark on SourceTree.
jordigh 10y ago
Yes, many of us choose hg. Its development is lively, it keeps innovating, it's pleasant to use. Vive la résistance!