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One advantage of mercurial is that it is less tied to a specific file format like git is. It is much easier to make a mercurial backend for a system which actua
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
One advantage of mercurial is that it is less tied to a specific file format like git is. It is much easier to make a mercurial backend for a system which actually stores the code in a different way (for example a distributed data store).
- Mindless2112 6y ago...or stores it in .git[1]. [1] https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/GitExtension https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/GitExtension
- klodolph 6y agoIsn’t this also possible with Git, at least for remotes? There are a number of different Git implementations besides the main one.
- alexhutcheson 6y agoThere are multiple implementations, but the contents of the .git directory are essentially the API, which tightly constrains how it can be implemented.