On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:27 AM, cutems93 <ms2...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I am looking for an appropriate version control software for python > development, and need professionals' help to make a good decision. Currently > I am considering four software: git, SVN, CVS, and Mercurial. Of course, I > already did some research on different characteristics of version software, > but I concluded that listening to personal experiences and opinions from the > professionals will help me a lot. What version control software do you like > the most and why? What is the difference between git and Mercurial? Also, if > anyone can help me by doing google-chat or skype, please let me know.
Don't touch CVS unless you absolutely have to. SVN is also distinctly old now. The three most popular modern source control systems are git, hg, and bzr (Bazaar). Of the three, I would remove Bazaar from consideration unless you're posting to a Canonical repository; Mercurial and git are superior, in my experience. Between those two (hg and git), though, it's really hard to call. I'm personally familiar with git, and it serves me well; others have the same experience with hg. Either will do you fine. They have some different features, eg git detects file moves after the event while hg prefers to be told about them up-front, but for normal daily tasks, either is fine. Pick based on which one other people near you are familiar with, so that you can get help when things go wrong - for instance, I would be utterly useless when it comes to hg (I can't even make patch files, which I can do just fine with git). But above all, do use source control. The difference between that and not is way WAY more than the difference between one system and another :) ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
