Mercurial is a fast, open-source, distributed version control system.
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To branch or not to branch?
Till recently my development workflow was the following:
Get the feature from product owner
Make a branch (if feature is more than 1 day)
Implement it in a branch
Merge changes from main branch to ...
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I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?
I try to understand the benefits of distributed version control system (DVCS).
I found Subversion Re-education and this article by Martin Fowler very useful.
Mercurial and others DVCS promote a ...
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Why is Mercurial considered to be easier than Git?
When looking at comparisons, it seems to me that there could be a 1:1 mapping between their feature sets. Yet, an often cited statement is that "Mercurial is easier". What is the base of this ...
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How to choose between git and Mercurial
Both Git and Mercurial are DVCS, and that's great. I wonder if there is a list of particular situations when one of those systems are preferable, something like 'In mobile development for many ...
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Empirical Evidence of Popularity of Git and Mercurial
It's 2012! Mercurial and Git are both still strong.
I understand the trade-offs of both. I also understand everyone has some sort of preference for one or the other. That's fine.
I'm looking for ...
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Why did Git get so much hype? …while others don't? [closed]
In the recent years, the hype around Git raised greatly. Everybody knows about Git, nobody knows about alternatives.
Other ones like Mercurial seem to be unnoticed. Both have been released in 2005, ...
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Is version history really sacred or is it better to rebase?
I've always agreed with Mercurial's mantra 1, however, now that Mercurial comes bundled with the rebase extension and it is a popular practice in git, I'm wondering if it could really be regarded as a ...
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We're Subversion Geeks and we want to know the benefits of Mercurial
Having read I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS.
I have a related follow up question. I read that question and read the recommended links ...
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Is there a difference between merges in svn compared to git or mercurial?
From my understanding SVN is 'Easy to branch. Difficult to merge'. Why is that? Is there a difference how they merge?
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How did Git and Mercurial develop so similarly at the same time?
Git and Mercurial follow similar models and have similar terminology. Mercurial's initial release was was only 12 days after Git's. How did these two projects, in initial development at the same ...
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Understanding my dvcs workflow
We are going to be building a new project using Mercurial as our version control system.
I'm still trying to fully understand what my workflow should look like, so I've listed below a case that I ...
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Hosted Mercurial with Project Management tools
I have used a couple of the hosted SCM's like Unfuddle and Codespaces before and I like that they have Project Management tools built in. I've started using Mercurial and really like it, I would like ...
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Recommended guidelines for Mercurial setups
I've just recently installed mercurial, and have been playing around it with. Overall, it seems like a great way to do version control. However, the distributed nature of its architecture makes it ...
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Choosing a diff program for Mercurial
I decided to try to contribute Firefox development, and they use Mercurial for source control. In the documentation about using Mercurial it was advised to choose a diff program and to do it before ...
