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I can almost understand with something like Subversion (which seems to subtly skew the entire development process to work around the friction some of its basic

I can almost understand with something like Subversion (which seems to subtly skew the entire development process to work around the friction some of its basic operations introduce), but not even Mercurial? :(

joeblau 12y ago
Not even Mercurial :) Haha j/k I actually don't mind Mercurial, but I'd still rather work with git.
- crdoconnor 12y ago
  They're essentially identical. Mercurial just has slightly easier to understand syntax and and a cultural bias against rebasing.
  - anton_gogolev 12y ago
    Nope. Mercurial devs rebase heavily during Mercurial development, for instance. It's Changeset Evolution [1] that makes history rewriting _safe_. [1]: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ChangesetEvolution http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ChangesetEvolution