- From: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:46 +0100
- To: public-qa-dev@w3.org
(forwarded with the author's permission) > > From: ext Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> > > Date: December 9, 2009 1:28:57 PM EST > > Subject: Re: [admin] Decentralized versioning system at W3C; Git > > vs. Mercurial > > > > Examples of X has been: > > > > * Support for moving files as well as binary changes in the patch > > format. > > * Support for using the parent revision of a given revision without > > looking it up manually (The '^' syntax) > > * Support for rebasing a changeset or set of changesets > > > > These are all fixable using extensions to mercurial > > > > * Support for patch queues > > > > This is sort of available in mercurial using extensions. However the > > support is very clunky. For example it doesn't use merge tools which > > is sort of a big deal. > > > > Unfortunately I can't off the top of my head remember anything that > > isn't available at all in mercurial. Mostly because i've pushed such > > things out of my brain since it's not available to me anyway. > > > > / Jonas
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