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Ask HN: What's the story behind Git vs. Mercurial war?
- chandanrai 10y agohttps://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-A-Short-History-of-Git https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-A-Short-Histo...
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- chandanrai 10y agoBitKeeper had been used for the version control requirements of the Linux kernel project. Mackall decided to write a distributed version control system as a replacement for use with the Linux kernel. This project started a few days after another project called Git, initiated by Linus Torvalds with similar aims Source: wikipedia Interestingly, both picked negative names. Git: simpleton, contemptible Mercurial: in the sense of fickle