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Re: To Git or not to Git...

From: Ryan Lubke <ryan.lubke_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:19:12 -0700

Thanks to all who responded.

The git repository is now live (again).

Anonymous access: git://java.net/grizzly~git
Developer access: ssh://<java.net userid>@git.java.net/grizzly~git

-rl


On 4/8/11 10:20 AM, Ryan Lubke wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> Some of you may have noticed that for several weeks we had switched
> over to Git for Grizzly 2.0 scm services. Some of you may have
> *also* noticed
> that towards the middle of this week, we started using Mercurial.
>
> I won't bore you with the details as to why the switch from Git to
> Mercurial was made, however, at this point in time we now have
> approval to use
> what community would prefer (i.e., if the community prefers Git, then
> that's what we'll go with or vice versa).
>
> My two cents on the topic:
> - Functionally, no clear winner in my book.
> - Tooling: I've found the mercurial plugin within Intellij to be
> lacking
> in some features that I enjoyed while using Git.
> - Adoption/Growth: Git appears to have the larger portion of
> mindshare.
>
>
> So, what would you, members of the community, prefer to use going
> forward?
>
> [ ] Git
> [ ] Mercurial
>
> Please cast your votes!
>
> Thanks,
> -rl
>