On 04/26/2011 01:42 PM, Algis Kabaila wrote:
Thomas, have you tried bzr (Bazaar) and if so do you consider hg
(Mercurial) better?
And why is it better? (bzr is widely used in ubuntu, which is
my favourite distro at present).
Each of the main 3 (bzr, hg, git) have advantages and
disadvantages. As Ben (and others?) mentions, it's best to learn
one of these instead of starting with something like Subversion
or worse (CVS or worse, *shudder* MS Visual SourceSafe)
Bazaar (bzr)
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Pros:
- some Ubuntu interactions (such as launchpad) easier
- a rigorous focus on correctness
- written in Python (with a small optional bit of C)
- easy-to-use interface (CVS-ish)
- good cross-platform support
Cons:
- was slow, though I understand they've worked on improving this
Protocols:
- custom/smart protocol
- http
- sftp
- ftp
- rsync (via plugin)
Mercurial (hg)
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BitBucket is popular for hosting
Pros:
- speedy
- written in Python (with a small optional bit of C)
- easy-to-use interface (CVS-ish)
- fairly compact repositories
- EXCELLENT documentation via online book
- chosen by Python as the repository of choice
- good cross-platform support
Cons:
- no biggies that I've found
Protocols:
- http
- ssh
Git (git)
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GitHub is popular for hosting
Pros:
- a *lot* of popular projects use it (Linux kernel)
- fast
- fairly compact repositories
- good documentation (though somewhat scattered)
Cons:
- interface diverges from the "CVS standards"
- (was?) not native on
- repositories require periodic maintenance using git gc
- Win32 support is/was a little clunky
- interface was under tumultuous change for a while (though it
seems to have stabilized now)
Protocols:
- custom/smart protocol
- http
- sftp
- ftp
So that said, I've become a Mercurial user because the interface
was close to SVN which I used previously, and it was speedy on my
older machines. If bzr has come up to comparable speed, I'd be
game to probe it again. I just don't care for git's command-line
UI, but that's a personal preference thing (just like I prefer
vi/vim over emacs, but acknowledge there are lots of smart folks
on the other side, too).
-tkc
For at least hg vs. git, see
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1598759/git-and-mercurial-compare-and-contrast
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