On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:08:17 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> > wrote: >> I don't think that *version* control is the right model to describe >> what hg and git do, although it may be appropriate for subversion. hg >> doesn't manage *versions*, it manages changes to source code >> ("changesets"). > > Meh... Is there any real difference?
If you believe Joel Spolsky, there is: http://hginit.com/00.html Scroll down about half way, to the section titled "One more big conceptual difference". Recording *snapshots* versus recording *diffs* makes a considerable difference when it comes to dealing with merge conflicts. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list