Re: Prefer Mercurial instead of git

[Óscar Fuentes]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

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> The impression I have of git (though I haven't used it) is that it is the
> C++ of DVCSs - loaded up with feature after feature, many of marginal
> utility.

You are comparing apples to oranges. For a C++ programmer it is not
enough to know just "C with classes", he needs to master a whole lot of
features (save for the most arcane, perhaps), popular idioms and
libraries. This or the programmer is acting deceivingly if he claims to
be proficient with C++. But you can effectively use git by just knowing
a tiny part of its functionality. Nobody would accuse you of cheating if
you claim to be a git user without being aware of 98% of its features.