[fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hello Luca,

On 2015-03-15 14:46, Luca Olivetti wrote:
> but the
> same can be said about mercurial. I still cannot wrap my head around
> git, though I had no difficulty picking up mercurial (at least for basic
> functionality).

Agreed, Git and Mercurial are very similar (at some point). I haven't
found or observed any real difficulty in familiarising oneself with
either product. I can say what I don't like about Mercurial. It is a
plugin based system (at least that is how it was when I last looked at
it - I stopped following Mercurial development). So after you installed
the base, then you need to start adding in the plugins to get real
features. Your plugins might not be the same as somebody else's - so you
can't trade solutions (commands) easily between developers like you can
with Git. Git was just an easier setup for me. I also don't like the
incremental version numbering of Mercurial - especially considering that
it is a distributed system, so such version numbers really have NO
meaning in a distributed system. For the long term prospects, Git just
seems to have more momentum.

But again, use whatever fits you best. I did deep evaluations of many
systems, then made my choice. So far, I'm very happy with my choice and
outcome.

Regards,
  Graeme