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Git did have one big advantage over Hg at the time, which was speed; a relevant criteria for Linux. I do agree ending up with git was unfortunate. After trying
by akvadrako 9y ago
Git did have one big advantage over Hg at the time, which was speed; a relevant criteria for Linux.
I do agree ending up with git was unfortunate. After trying all the popular choices, Monotone was what I would have picked. Fast, secure, portable and simple.
But Linus didn't like it because it supported cherry-picking, which apparently is an anti-feature for a VCS :)
- mkesper 9y agoThis is bullshit. git had to support cherry-picking from day one and monotone was extremely slow. Some background: https://lwn.net/Articles/574075/ https://lwn.net/Articles/574075/
- akvadrako 9y agoYour link has nothing to do with your argument. Monotone was slow back when git didn't exist, but later versions greatly improved that. Also, it's clear Linus didn't like cherry-picking, but other people convinced him to add it to git.