<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 October 2013 07:02, patrick vrijlandt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick.vrijlandt@gmail.com" target="_blank">patrick.vrijlandt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Chris Angelico <<a href="mailto:rosuav@gmail.com">rosuav@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Ben Finney <<a href="mailto:ben%2Bpython@benfinney.id.au">ben+python@benfinney.id.au</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Chris Angelico <<a href="mailto:rosuav@gmail.com">rosuav@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
>><br>
>>> *Definitely* use source control.<br>
>><br>
>> +1, but prefer to call it a “version control system” which is (a) more<br>
>> easily searched on the internet, and (b) somewhat more accurate.<br>
><br>
> Right. I've picked up some bad habits, and I think Dave may also<br>
> have... but yes, "distributed version control system" is what I'm<br>
> talking about here.<br>
><br>
> ChrisA<br>
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</div>Thanks. Do you all agree that Mercurial is the way to go, or is there<br>
another "distributed version control system" that I should shortlist?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are huge arguments all over the net on this topic. Having extensively used the top two contenders (Git and Mercurial) I would strongly advise you to use Mercurial.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What it comes down to for me is that Mercurial usage fits in my head and I rarely have to go to the docs, whereas with Git I have to constantly go to the docs for anything but the most trivial usage - even when it's something I've done many times before. I'm always afraid that I'm going to do something *wrong* in Git.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tim Delaney </div></div></div></div>