Mercurial - Revision Control Approximated | Linux Today

Mercurial – Revision Control Approximated

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JB
Joey Bernard
Apr 27, 2012

A short while ago, an article appeared in Linux Journal implying Git was the be-all and end-all of source code revision control systems (“Git—Revision Control Perfected” by Henry Van Styn, August 2011). I would like to challenge that assumption and declare to the world that the real perfect version control system is here, and its name is Mercurial.

JB

Joey Bernard

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