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I always thought git's rise was mainly because it was #1 an acceptable DVCS and #2 because Linus Wrote It. I'm doubtful that if bzr was just a bit faster it wo
by crdoconnor 10y ago
I always thought git's rise was mainly because it was #1 an acceptable DVCS and #2 because Linus Wrote It.
I'm doubtful that if bzr was just a bit faster it would have taken git's place. hg was arguably better than git and it still lost.
- edblarney 10y agoI absolutely doubt that 'performance' was an important consideration in the acceptance of git. If git took 2x the time to do everything it does today - it still would have won.
- dllthomas 10y agoI'm not sure. I have vague recollection of pushback against git on Windows in the early days due to poor performance on that platform, which seems to have evaporated since.
- CJefferson 10y agoAlternatives to git weren't taking twice as long, on kernel sized repositories they were taking minutes, instead of fractions of a second.
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