Re: [weld-dev] [seam-dev] Mercurial vs GIT

Note that this article is courtesy of No Fluff Just Stuff Magazine. I encourage all of you to check out that magazine because it's own of very few (if not the only) decent OSS developer magazine these days. The subscription is $50/year and all the authors are NFJS speakers. -Dan On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Here is an article about GIT for those getting started. > > > > > > On 24 Nov 2009, at 16:07, Ashish Tonse wrote: > > > +1 for git/github. > > > > Echoing what others have said, I think github is ultimately what makes > git the most attractive, all things considered. Github makes it incredibly > easy to fork and propose pushes. > > > > Google code seems to be better suited for smaller projects, even though > google uses it for their even larger projects. For an open source project > with outside contributors, it's essential to have a good "hub" - and github > serves that purpose extremely well. > > > > Just my 15 cents (inflation). > > > > Ashish > > PS: I'm tempted to further splinter this debate by proposing Bazaar :) > (with Ubuntu's launchpad) > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Francisco Jose Peredo < > franciscoperedo(a)tabasco.gob.mx&gt; wrote: > > A nice out of the box hosting option for Mercurial? I think I mentioned > GoogleCode... or there are many options to choose: > > > > http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MercurialHosting > > > > Dan Allen escribió: > >> We all agreed to use git over svn, but to be honest, mercurial wasn't > considered. I've used both as well. But in my short exposure, I really > didn't see a difference. What makes git so attractive is that github.comexplains so well how to use it. > >> > >> I supposed we could consider mercurcial if there was a nice out of the > box hosting option like github.com. If not, git will likely win because > of that. > >> > >> -Dan > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> I have seen a reasonable amount of GIT, and have liked what I saw, as > have most of the other core team who have spoken up on this issue. > >> > >> Sell us Mercurial :-) > >> > >> On 24 Nov 2009, at 14:22, Francisco Jose Peredo wrote: > >> > >> > An interesting comparision?: > >> > > >> > http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercurial/ > >> > > >> > > >> > Francisco Jose Peredo escribió: > >> >> I have not tried GIT, but from what I have read it is pretty > >> >> complicated to learn to use... > >> >> OTOH I have tried Mercurial, which is also distributed, and found it > >> >> confortable... apparently the > >> >> way it deals with its distribute nature is easier for subversion > users > >> >> to understand... > >> >> AFAIK Netbeans source code is in Mercurial, also OpenJDK... So it > >> >> seems to work > >> >> well with large code bases... and there are plugins for Netbeans, > >> >> Eclipse and the Tortoise Hg > >> >> project is advanced and usable... > >> >> Google Code offers free Mercurial hosting... > >> >> Why not Mercurial? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Pete Muir escribió: > >> >>> A quick item we discussed at the f2f meeting was whether to switch > to > >> >>> GIT for our SCM, rather than SVN. > >> >>> > >> >>> This would give us a IMO a system well suited to our distribued dev > >> >>> model, it would also make it much easier for others to sandbox PEs > and > >> >>> then contribute them back to us. > >> >>> > >> >>> The proposal is to use Github to host. > >> >>> > >> >>> The team members at devoxx were in favour, but what do others > think? > >> >>> > >> >>> Pete > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Pete Muir > >> >>> http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Pete > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> seam-dev mailing list > >> >>> seam-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > >> >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/seam-dev > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dirección Informática de Servicios Financieros > >> > Dirección General de Modernización e Innovación Gubernamental > >> > Secretaría de Administración y Finanzas > >> > Paseo de la Sierra 435 col. 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