On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mike Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems like the mercurial mailing list would be the best place to go for > this.
Done: http://selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2008-March/018133.html didier > > Using queues has made me quite a bit more productive, and I'd like to > avoid switching to a version control system without them. Also, the > git documentation leaves something to be desired compared to the > Mercurial book. > > --Mike > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:12 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > William, > > > > > > git can do this. Since git uses a hash it will always regenerate the > > > same hash from the same file. > > > > > > In fact, git uses hashes all the way down the tree so you can just > > > look at the hash code of the root of the tree to see if anything > > > changes. Equal hash codes, even across the net, imply exact copies > > > of the source tree. > > > > > > Axiom uses arch, cvs, svn, and git. I have used several other systems > > > in the past. Now all of the primary work is in git and is export-only > > > to the other systems (git can work with them transparently). git has > > > fundamentally changed the way I work and the way Axiom is maintained, > > > all for the better. > > > > > > I know it is a challenge to change source code systems but the gain > > > is well worth the pain in this case. The fact that git works with > > > legacy humans is a huge plus in minimizing the pain. > > > > We are indeed considering changing to git. The > > repo --> plain text --> original repo > > problem is a show stopper -- i.e., if Mercurial absolutely can't > > do that, then we have no choice but to dump mercurial for git. > > I hope Mercurial can do that though, since we've spent a lot > > of time getting going with Mercurial, and it works fairly well. > > > > -- William > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
