+1 for Git from me as well.
-+ Tatu +-
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:51 AM, jfarcand <jfarcand.oss_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Git
>
> On 11-04-11 8:30 AM, Marek Potociar wrote:
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> For Jersey 2.x we are considering to switch our VCS from SVN into Git or
>> Mercurial. Sticking to SVN is still an option
>> too. FWIW, here's my take on the topic:
>>
>> - Functionality:
>>
>> SVN meets most of our existing needs today, I do miss the agile nature of
>> DVCS though and ability to fix a recent commit.
>>
>> I don't have a clear DVCS winner. Mercurial is compact and easier to
>> learn, esp. if one comes from the SVN background.
>> It has superior branching and merging support compared to SVN. It's
>> branching concept however seems to be seriously
>> flawed as it is virtually impossible to delete named branches. Also, it is
>> not as flexible as Git and configuring it's
>> extensions can be painful.
>>
>> Git is faster than Mercurial, super flexible, and "unix-like" set of
>> coherent tools sharing a common platform rather
>> being one compact piece of software. It is thus bendable to most esoteric
>> work flows. Also it's merging algorithm is
>> ...wait for it... LEGENDARY! :) Learning to get full use of Git however
>> requires time (and practice).
>>
>> - Documentation:
>>
>> SVN and Mercurial both seem to provide superior documentation compared to
>> Git.
>>
>> - Tooling:
>>
>> SVN has a great tooling support and so does Git. I don't have a
>> significant experience with Mercurial, but I suppose it
>> will be on par with Git and SVN.
>>
>> - Adoption:
>>
>> SVN is very popular. Also Git appears to gain larger portion of mind share
>> every day. Git community is very active and
>> visible, e.g. github.org is especially vibrant. It has almost 10x larger
>> community than bitbucket.org for Mercurial.
>> Mercurial community seems to be both smaller and "quieter".
>>
>> So, what would you, members of the community, prefer to use going forward?
>>
>> [ ] SVN
>> [ ] Git
>> [ ] Mercurial
>>
>> Please cast your votes!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marek
>>
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