- From: Arthur Barstow <Art.Barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:50:47 -0500
- To: public-qa-dev@w3.org
Comments from Jonas (2/2) ... Begin forwarded message: > 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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