Re: Deciding between Git/Mercurial

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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Matthias Andree wrote:

> Anteru schrieb:
> 
> > First of all, what's the matter with git and Windows, is there some
> > long-term commitment to make git work on Windows as well as on Linux?
> > I'm using msysgit on Windows, and personally I'm happy with it, but my
> > co-workers constantly nag that Mercurial has superior portability ...
> 
> That tale is told all over, but that doesn't make it truer. I've never had
> issues getting a Cygwin version of git to work properly (haven't tried the
> msysgit or jgit variants, never felt the need), and integration went smooth.

Git works fine under Windows for people who use Cygwin. Portability to 
Windows is more about working for users who don't use a shell of any sort 
or the "Run..." dialog. I don't know how Mercurial does on that metric, 
anyway, but it's a lot more meaningful that the question of whether the 
software works in your POSIX environment when the underlying kernel is not 
very suitable.

	-Daniel
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