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emmelaich · 2017-05-25 00:48:38+00:00

Are you saying that you use Git instead of Mercurial these days?

Not necessarily implied by you; just checking.

krupan | karma 2550 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2016-07-09 14:29:45+00:00

False. Git has improved, but Mercurial is still more friendly. The thing git has going for it is so many people use it and there is lots of help just a google search away.

And you will need help.

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abritinthebay | karma 1846 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2017-05-30 12:51:32

I find mercurial (I referred to that above as Hg) to be more or less the same as Git. Their CLI commands are very very similar.

What specifically are you complaining about here?

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davidw | karma 63893 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2009-09-03 09:27:12+00:00

I'm using git because that's what I ran into first, but mercurial seems to be nicer from that point of view.

ktRolster | karma 4173 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2016-03-30 16:08:10+00:00

Really? Git and Mercurial seem about the same to me. Maybe I don't get down deep enough into the features?

DenisM | karma 12146 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2020-10-13 00:35:32+00:00

Anything Git does that Mercurial doesn’t? I wonder if I’m missing out sticking to hg.

thomasmallen | karma 1386 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2008-10-22 17:56:29+00:00

Why do you prefer Git to Mercurial? I've only used Mercurial.

Timothee | karma 5209 | avg karma 3.77 · | 2010-09-29 02:41:03+00:00

Does that mean you were going from hg to git? Any specific reason for that? Any opinion on the two?

(I've been using git for a little bit but wonder if Mercurial could be more powerful but less popular, and that I'd be missing out)

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andrewshadura | karma 1749 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2022-02-19 16:42:05

It's just because you've been using Git for too long. Mercurial is much easier to use if you're not exposed to Git.

dhimes | karma 9548 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2014-02-02 22:26:51

I wish I knew what you are talking about- it sounds useful. I use mercurial- I've never used git.

jhasse | karma 2231 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2021-01-08 17:11:24

I've used Mercurial. It sucks compared to Git. And not because I can't use it on GitHub.

lalaithion | karma 2153 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2019-05-14 15:06:20+00:00

I dunno, I recently switched from ~4 years of using git to mercurial, and I am finding mercurial massively easier to use.

jsight | karma 6940 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2013-02-20 13:19:42

Mercurial is really nice, IMO. I always preferred it over Git due to the well thought out CLI. Unfortunately, it's usage hasn't seemed to catch on outside of a few (Sun/Java).

Git keeps getting better, and I'd be hesitant to put anything new on Mercurial at this point. The tooling just doesn't seem to be keeping up any more.

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nerdponx | karma 22397 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2019-08-20 12:27:19

In my understanding it's the opposite, that Mercurial is effectively a subset of Git. But I was never a Hg user.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2017-08-11 09:19:22

Git was helped by Github, and being a requirement for Linux development.

Otherwise I might be enjoying Mercurial nowadays.

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jherdman | karma 1124 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2009-10-01 10:47:44

You would be correct. I've been using Git longer than Mercurial, but I feel that I have a better grasp of how to use Mercurial. That said, Git is exponentially more powerful in my experience. I'm rather enjoying getting to know it.

flippinburgers | karma 1392 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2015-07-20 10:47:23+00:00

Spoken like a true mercurial enthusiast? :)

I have used git on the command line since day 1. It really isn't that hard.

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geekam | karma 1850 | avg karma 3.85 · | 2011-03-05 19:49:39+00:00

But why are they using Mercurial and not Git? I want to what are the advantaged for them to choose Hg.

sweeneyrod | karma 558 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2021-05-22 17:43:33+00:00

I think many mercurial users would disagree with you about git.

jdpage | karma 320 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2014-11-12 17:45:25+00:00

Honestly, Mercurial is just better than Git -- the only reason I switched away from it is because Github. Constantly contemplating switching back.