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I bet Google picked Mercurial because it was easier for them to hack on and adapt to their infrastructure. A "libgit" is on lots of people's wish list, but the
by psranga 18y ago
I bet Google picked Mercurial because it was easier for them to hack on and adapt to their infrastructure. A "libgit" is on lots of people's wish list, but the official developers seem pretty happy with the hodgepodge of binaries.
- masklinn 18y agoJust read their announcement. They picked hg for two reasons: 1. Google Code is built around HTTP, Git sucks at talking HTTP (it's an order of magnitude slower than hg). On the other hand, HTTP is hg's first-class protocol. So hg's integration was simpler here. 2. Windows still is a first-class platform for mercurial, still isn't for git, and windows users are an important part of Google Code's clientele.