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Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Why I Like Mercurial

Mercurial is a great version control tool. I like it for the following reasons:

  • distributed (you can checkin changes with no network connection)
  • free, open-source
  • written in Python (easy to customize with workflows)
  • works well on Mac, Linux, and Windows
  • TortoiseHG on Windows means non-developers at work can use it
  • simple to get started with, but powerful features available
  • hg is the shortest and easiest name to type on the command line compared to the only credible competitors: git, svn, bzr … it doesn’t get any better than 2 adjacent letters on the home row!

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