I’ve heard in a few places that one of the main reasons why distributed version control systems shine, is much better merging than in traditional tools like SVN. Is this actually due to inherent differences in how the two systems work, or do specific DVCS implementations like Git/Mercurial just have cleverer merging algorithms than SVN? … Read more
For a while now I’ve been using subversion for my personal projects. More and more I keep hearing great things about Git and Mercurial, and DVCS in general. I’d like to give the whole DVCS thing a whirl, but I’m not too familiar with either option. What are some of the differences between Mercurial and … Read more
Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I’ve been using git for some time now on Windows (with msysGit) and I like the idea of distributed source control. Just recently I’ve been looking at Mercurial (hg) … Read more
