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

Fri Nov 27 13:24:36 EST 2009

Note that this article is courtesy of No Fluff Just Stuff Magazine. I
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-Dan

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:

> Here is an article about GIT for those getting started.
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> 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 at tabasco.gob.mx> 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 at redhat.com> 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
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
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