Re: [boost] [git] Mercurial?

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Mercurial?
From: Sergiu Dotenco (sergiu.dotenco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-19 10:48:13

On 19.03.2012 15:02, Daryle Walker wrote:
> 
> Git has a competitor called Mercurial?  If we're moving to a Distributed-VCS, should we go to Mercurial instead of Git?  They're kind-of like CVS vs. Subversion, except I think they came up in parallel.  (While Subversion was designed as an updated CVS.)  I think Git was made up of a bunch of script hacks, while Mercurial was a regimented single program.
> I don't have a preference, but I want to make sure we consider the rival options.
> Daryle W.

While we're at it, Google's analysis of Git and Mercurial shouldn't be
neglected:

http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/DVCSAnalysis