Re: Emacs Bazaar repository

[Martin Geisler]

dhruva <address@hidden> writes:

> Having tried a bunch of SCM, I must say GIT way of supporting multiple
> branches under the same folder along with its speed it a sure winner.
> I was opposing GIT due to its non-availability on M$, it is history
> now and the port they have is really good. The build is streamlined on
> M$ too, I pull their changes regularly, build, install and use the
> bleeding edge. It has not failed me so far.
>
>  If Mercurial had the ability to truly support multiple branches in
> the same folder (with out requiring me to merge all branches before I
> can pull - pull works only if there is a single tip/branch), I would
> have preferred it mainly because it just needs PYTHON and nothing else
> (GIT needs PERL and SHELL).

I think you are confusing several 'heads' with several 'branches' here.
And even if you have several heads in your Mercurial repository, you can
certainly still pull in new changesets.

> Speed wise, I find both GIT and Mercurial very close to each other.
> GIT may be faster but not noticeable to human perceptions (well on
> emacs repository I have tried). Here, I give GIT a thumbs up because
> it has data for all branches and still the fastest. If mercurial
> decides to support multiple branches under the same folder, I wonder
> what impact it might have on the speed.

Have you searched on the Mercurial Wiki? You have both 'local branches'
and 'named branches' to choose from:

  http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/LocalbranchExtension
  http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/NamedBranches

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Martin Geisler

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