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We'd all be happy perforce users :) (For a long time, before git and subversion, even though the official freebsd repo was in CVS, a lot of development happene

We'd all be happy perforce users :) (For a long time, before git and subversion, even though the official freebsd repo was in CVS, a lot of development happened in perforce)

bch 3y ago
> a lot of development happened in perforce Interesting - that I didn’t know. Based on my personal p4 experience, I’m sorry anybody else had to use it. That said - nobody has mentioned that git (and hg) was preceded and directly inspired by Larry McVoys BitKeeper[0]. Indeed, I’ve heard rumor that both “git” and “mercurial” were named after people’s perceptions of others personalities during the Linux/BitKeeper breakup/debacle. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper
- drewg123 3y ago
  It was a lot better than the alternatives at the time, which were CVS and SCCS.. :)
  - dmm10 3y ago
    Add RCS to that list.
bhasi 3y ago
Still is, in some hardware companies.