As I've said before, I gave Mercurial a try and was extremely impressed. I'm not using it right now because I have no active programming projects, but I wouldn't even consider anything but Git or Mercurial for the job, especially in comparison to an antique like SourceSafe.
I especially liked the Tortoise UI (versions available for both Git and Mercurial). They patch Windows Explorer so you get little green dots in Detail view beside files that are saved, which change to red if you've updated it without committing it yet. Really nice. This is VERY mature software - I tried lots of things I didn't understand very well, but nothing that didn't work. A couple of key plusses: + There is no Master Control regulating what you can and can't do. You don't have to log in to some remote storage to commit changes. You can (and I did) simply designate the master to be a sub-folder of my project folder - everything worked like a charm. When I moved my project to my laptop (for a little road work) the master went along for the ride. No problem, because I can decide whenever I want to whether to merge the two forks, leave them split, or just adopt one and abandon the other. It's just so easy to do what you want to do. + I didn't really see any problem with the dreaded 'object files' of a VFP application. Yes, an SCX/SCT combo isn't all text, and displaying the lines that are different is a bit hard to read, but it does show you which files have changed and what the changes are. If you have my habit of adding dated comment lines describing the changes in a "zreadme" method, they they kind of pop out at you and who needs to look at the binary/FXP code? + These guys are FREE!!! It will take you about a half hour to download one and give it a try. Quit analyzing the rumor mill and become your own first-hand authority. I agree with Paul that the weight of market share seems to have swung to Git. But they both work, and the price is right. Good luck. I'm sure you'll be pleased. Dan > Subject: Re: Source Code Version Control > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:32:27 -0800 > To: [email protected] > > What Ted said. Plus the observation that all Python projects I've come across > have used git, not hg. > > And that gitlab and gitorious are two github-like projects that allow self > hosting for no cost. > > Paul > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
