That above quote looks to be attributed to me, but is in fact me quoting http://pietersz.co.uk/2015/03/fossil-vs-git
:) , -bch On 3/13/15, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/13/15, bch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am sure that Git has massive advantages for some people, particularly >>> for large projects with huge numbers of collaborators. > > As Stephan Beal has previously pointed out, Git is *designed* to > forget things. This is a feature of Git, not a bug. Linus does not > want to see every edit made by every Linux contributor. Git is > designed so that extraneous branches can be filtered from the > permanent record, retaining only the main line of development. Git > features "rebase" to help with this filtering task. In a project with > as many contributors of varying skill levels as Linux, you really have > to do it that way, otherwise the complexity becomes disabling. > > Fossil, in contrast, is designed to remember everything. Fossil was > specifically designed to support the DO-178B inspired development > process used by SQLite, with few developers and a complete and > immutable audit trail for all inputs. > > So Git and Fossil are somewhat at cross-purposes. Fossil is > inappropriate for use on Linux and Git is inappropriate for use on > SQLite. (Please note that while Linux is a larger project with more > developers and more prestige, there are in fact more instances of > SQLite running in the wild than there are of Linux.) > > So, yes, nobody is suggesting that projects like Linux should use > Fossil. But on the other hand, not many projects have as big a > developer base as does Linux. I content that Fossil is a better > choice for the vast majority of FOSS projects. Fossil is easier to > use. (Even Git advocates admit as much!) Fossil does not forget. > With Fossil it is impossible to get into detached head state. > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
