... and the others?

... and the others?

Posted Sep 22, 2005 18:51 UTC (Thu) by Omnifarious (guest, #19508)
In reply to: ... and the others? by kevinbsmith
Parent article: Mercurial: an alternative to git

I've looked briefly at these other systems, and all of them seemed too complex to be worth using. The only one I don't have any experience with is Monotone.

In contrast, Mercurial was simple to set up and easy to use. I'm a Subversion user from the early days of Subversion, and it was much easier than Subversion to set up for the first time.

Then, as I started playing more with it, it became quite obvious and clear how I could solve the "I have a work machine, a home machine, and a laptop, and I work on all of them and don't always remember to sync." problem. After that, I was hooked.

None of the other systems I've used have even come close to the external elegance and simplicity of Mercurial. And as I look deeper into its design, it's clear that it's external coherency is a reflection of a set of well-thought-out design principles. So, I guess I'm a convert and can be put into the "It's the greatest thing since sliced bread!" category.

I can understand caution though. It's quite possible there is some fundamental design problem that I'll encounter after I understand it enough. I felt similarly about Java in the mid 90s, and it took me a few years to realize what was wrong with it.

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