Curious about SCM choice

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sun Jun 29 05:53:57 UTC 2008


In message: <20080628073807.GB45690 at tirith.brixandersen.dk>
            Henrik Brix Andersen <brix at freebsd.org> writes:
: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 06:26:54PM -0700, Milo Hyson wrote:
: > Can not the "decentralized" systems like Mercurial and GIT be used in a 
: > centralized fashion? Our internal experiments certainly show them to be 
: > every bit as capable as Subversion in this regard. Has your experience been 
: > different?
: 
: They _can_ be used in centralized fashion, but they do not enforce
: it. Subversion enforces a centralized development model.

Well, hg requires one merge to the tip before committing to the tip,
which has its own set of problems when used in a centralized manner.

Warner


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