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Speaking as a guy who (currently) only uses Visual Studio at home for recreational programming, and not at the office, I'm pretty happy about this. The Express

by andyhnj 12y ago

Speaking as a guy who (currently) only uses Visual Studio at home for recreational programming, and not at the office, I'm pretty happy about this. The Express editions are OK, but it's nice to have access to extensions, like VisualHG for Mercurial integration. (Yeah, I know I should switch to Git, but I really like Hg.)

jszymborski 12y ago
> (Yeah, I know I should switch to Git, but I really like Hg.) A bit OT but don't apologise for being more proficient in an unpopular/less accepted tool than most are with a popular/more accepted one. Tired of people shitting on other folk for not using the "flavour of the month" tool. Less v. Sass, PHP v. the world ... it's not constructive. No problem in discussing the pros and cons of one tool over the other, and it's still fine to conclude one has as many pros as the other has cons, but it's not ok to bemoan the use of either.
badthingfactory 12y ago
Totally agree with @jszymborski. As a developer who is always looking for better ways, sometimes the best tool for the job is the one you already know really well.
jdpage 12y ago
Honestly, Mercurial is just better than Git -- the only reason I switched away from it is because Github. Constantly contemplating switching back.
- Mikeb85 12y ago
  Bitbucket is better than Github anyway. And you can use Mercurial there...
- e12e 12y ago
  If only that... http://hg-git.github.io/ http://hg-git.github.io/ ?
jordigh 12y ago
> Yeah, I know I should switch to Git, but I really like Hg. Nothing wrong with hg. In fact, lots of good things about it: http://selenic.com/hg/help/revsets http://selenic.com/hg/help/revsets http://evolution.experimentalworks.net/doc/user-guide.html http://evolution.experimentalworks.net/doc/user-guide.html http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/customising-mercurial-like-a-pro/ http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/customising-mercurial-l...
isgood12 12y ago
Let me disagree with others. As the same version control is used by the entire team in most cases, if Andy is doing any work with others, what others use and prefer (git most likely) would influence what he should try to get proficient at.
- jordigh 12y ago
  That's what hg-git is for. :-)
grantpalin 12y ago
I don't get the Git fixation. I know it's popular, possibly in a big way due to GitHub. Yet I'm comfortable using Mercurial and Bitbucket. Probably due to Hg being cross-platform from the beginning, it's more Windows-friendly.
- pherocity_ 12y ago
  Mercurial is fine, but git had github, so that kinda won the war. And not having 7 version control systems to know is nice. So think of git as lingua franca.
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by andyhnj 12y ago

jszymborski 12y ago

> (Yeah, I know I should switch to Git, but I really like Hg.) A bit OT but don't apologise for being more proficient in an unpopular/less accepted tool than most are with a popular/more accepted one. Tired of people shitting on other folk for not using the "flavour of the month" tool. Less v. Sass, PHP v. the world ... it's not constructive. No problem in discussing the pros and cons of one tool over the other, and it's still fine to conclude one has as many pros as the other has cons, but it's not ok to bemoan the use of either.

badthingfactory 12y ago

Totally agree with @jszymborski. As a developer who is always looking for better ways, sometimes the best tool for the job is the one you already know really well.

jdpage 12y ago

Honestly, Mercurial is just better than Git -- the only reason I switched away from it is because Github. Constantly contemplating switching back.

Mikeb85 12y ago
Bitbucket is better than Github anyway. And you can use Mercurial there...
e12e 12y ago
If only that... http://hg-git.github.io/ http://hg-git.github.io/ ?

jordigh 12y ago

> Yeah, I know I should switch to Git, but I really like Hg. Nothing wrong with hg. In fact, lots of good things about it: http://selenic.com/hg/help/revsets http://selenic.com/hg/help/revsets http://evolution.experimentalworks.net/doc/user-guide.html http://evolution.experimentalworks.net/doc/user-guide.html http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/customising-mercurial-like-a-pro/ http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/customising-mercurial-l...

isgood12 12y ago

Let me disagree with others. As the same version control is used by the entire team in most cases, if Andy is doing any work with others, what others use and prefer (git most likely) would influence what he should try to get proficient at.

jordigh 12y ago
That's what hg-git is for. :-)

grantpalin 12y ago

I don't get the Git fixation. I know it's popular, possibly in a big way due to GitHub. Yet I'm comfortable using Mercurial and Bitbucket. Probably due to Hg being cross-platform from the beginning, it's more Windows-friendly.

pherocity_ 12y ago
Mercurial is fine, but git had github, so that kinda won the war. And not having 7 version control systems to know is nice. So think of git as lingua franca.
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