[Python-Dev] Primer on distributed revision control?

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 05:17:00PM -0500, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> With all these distributed revision control systems now available (bzr, hg,
> darcs, svk, many more), I find I need an introduction to the concepts and
> advantages of repository distribution.  It seems to me that it has the
> potential for leading to anarchy, though I can see how some things would be
> improved (working offline, maintaining local patches).  It's not obvious how
> I push changes back upstream.  Can someone point me to some useful content
> (web pages or books) which will help me wrap my brain around the ideas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control#Distributed_revision_control

http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/UnderstandingMercurial
http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/CommunicatingChanges

http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/latest/en/user-guide/index.html#sharing-with-peers

Oleg.
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