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Powerful? Certainly. Most sane? That’s a matter of perspective. I’m still a little shocked that git “won out” over mercurial. Even as Subversion was eating CVS
by peatmoss 9y ago
Powerful? Certainly.
Most sane? That’s a matter of perspective. I’m still a little shocked that git “won out” over mercurial. Even as Subversion was eating CVS, everybody knew distributed revision control was going to ultimately prevail. I was pretty sure Darcs wasn’t going to achieve popularity, but I’d have bet anything that Mercurial would be the successor to Subversion. It was far more natural / similar for anyone who's ever worked with CVS/SVN.
- jdright 9y agoPython killed any chance of success for Mercurial.
- peatmoss 9y agoAgreed, but I’d have guessed that the Windows / git compatibility horrorshow (at least in the early days) would have nuked git’s chances as well. I’d have bet on the success of more friendly CLI UX and comparatively easier time on Windows even with the disamenity of Python.
- pseudalopex 9y agoWhy do you say that?