[En-Nut-Discussion] Moving to Subversion

[Henrik Maier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: en-nut-discussion-bounces at egnite.de [mailto:en-nut-discussion-
> bounces at egnite.de] On Behalf Of Harald Kipp
>
> Many thanks for this valuable entry.
> 
> This one may be of interest
> http://www.diffen.com/difference/Git_(software)_vs_Mercurial_(software)
> 
> Naturally I prefer software written in C and always had been skeptical
> about Python based tools. However, in this case I'm tending to favor
> Mercurial as it seems to be less Linux-centric.
> 
> Harald

A while ago I also moved to a distributed revision control system and chose
Mercurial over Git. Mercurial seems easier to learn and use and I develop
mostly on Windows, so a good Windows integration and support is important
for me.

>From http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbookch1.html#x5-180001.6:

"Git has a very large command set, with version 1.5.0 providing 139
individual commands. It has something of a reputation for being difficult to
learn. Compared to Git, Mercurial has a strong focus on simplicity."

The other issue is that Git depends on shell scripts which is an issue on
Windows platforms.

I am very happy with Mercurial for my purposes and I found it straight
forward to use. I consider it as a good candidate to look at when evaluation
a replacement for CVS.

Henrik