tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9675303.post848465043034299889..comments2014-03-30T16:15:00.967+02:00Comments on Homebrew Coding: MercurialRichard Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290285494071462742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9675303.post-49528851278966882392011-05-18T10:28:05.998+02:002011-05-18T10:28:05.998+02:00I came from the other side (Mercurial to Git) and ...I came from the other side (Mercurial to Git) and one slight advantage when you are a noob is that Mercurial is a bit 'pay as you go': as you get familiar and confortable with the basics, you enable extensions, try more sophisticate options, etc. Git is more powerful, but a bit more confusing as the beginning (multiple binaries, command names a bit different from CVS/SVN (ex: checkout), staging area, n-way merges, etc.). I see Mercurial as a nice introduction to DVCS and Git.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9675303.post-58732045628879458522009-06-05T19:58:31.887+02:002009-06-05T19:58:31.887+02:00Yeah, it does. But it is nothing like the git-reba...Yeah, it does. But it is nothing like the git-rebase--interactive command. And the crecord extension is not a default one - you have to download it, hope that it is compatible with the current version... and it is still less good than git-gui. I dunno. <br /><br />Mercurial is a bit disappointing. It feels like a hobbled, manual version of git to me. I think I finally grokked MQs. It's like having to manually create and maintain git's reflog.<br /><br />I really want to like Mercurial - it seems easier to hack on the code side - but I honestly can't see what end-user advantages it has over git. Easier to set up and faster http transfer? Less fanboyism?<br /><br />Meh. Tarballs and `cp -r mydir mydir2` FTW.Richard Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290285494071462742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9675303.post-8759165409050529332009-06-05T11:11:06.713+02:002009-06-05T11:11:06.713+02:00Two comments:
1) mercurial does have an included r...Two comments:<br />1) mercurial does have an included rebase extension.<br />2) there is (at least working on POSIX systems) a decent GUI for record called crecord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com