On Tue, July 22, 2008 12:30 pm, SJS wrote:

> And given that hg and git *are* arguably better than both CVS and SVN
> (aside from oddities like hg dying horribly on a standard solaris box),
> skipping straight to one of those (if you don't want to spend the money
> for Perforce and its pretty graphical tools) would seem to be the truly
> compelling change.
>

I'm agreeing with you. However, guys like me also need to be aware of what
the customers are using, and Hg and git aren't ever asked for. Nor do most
people want consultants to ... you know ... consult.

> --
> A three-way merge tool makes almost any VCS more useful.
> Stewart Stremler
>

Yup, as long as the VCS tool allows you to find the common ancestor easily.

Ah, the old merge-across-multiple-branchings issue.

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Lan Barnes

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