Sylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr> writes:
On 12 septembre 08:18, Carl Crowder wrote:
I think it's a good idea. I personally dislike contributing to hg-based projects because it's such a faff for me compared to using git, and I wouldn't be surprised if others are put off contributing for a similar reason (not that I'm saying the reason is good, I'm just lazy!)
Isn't this rather a question of platform - github vs bitbucket ?
No, using Git doesn't imply GitHub hosting. Likewise, using Mercurial doesn't imply Bitbucket hosting. I think it's a better idea to host a repository on something like a Gitorious instance, since it avoids proprietary extensions (such as those of GitHub) to ensure there's no lock-in to a specific provider. So please, mke the decision of which VCS *system* independent of which *hosting service*. And please choose a hosting service without proprietary extensions.
On the command line tool side, I personnaly feel like mercurial is easier for newcomers. On the other hand, for power user, the hg+evolve workflow is very powerful. Ok, I'm biased since I know more about hg than git ;)
I certainly agree that Mercurial is much more straightforward on the command line than Git. -- \ “People's Front To Reunite Gondwanaland: Stop the Laurasian | `\ Separatist Movement!” —wiredog, http://kuro5hin.org/ | _o__) | Ben Finney