It seems like the mercurial mailing list would be the best place to go for this.

Using queues has made me quite a bit more productive, and I'd like to
avoid switching to a version control system without them.  Also, the
git documentation leaves something to be desired compared to the
Mercurial book.

--Mike

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:12 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  >  William,
>  >
>  >  git can do this. Since git uses a hash it will always regenerate the
>  >  same hash from the same file.
>  >
>  >  In fact, git uses hashes all the way down the tree so you can just
>  >  look at the hash code of the root of the tree to see if anything
>  >  changes. Equal hash codes, even across the net, imply exact copies
>  >  of the source tree.
>  >
>  >  Axiom uses arch, cvs, svn, and git. I have used several other systems
>  >  in the past. Now all of the primary work is in git and is export-only
>  >  to the other systems (git can work with them transparently). git has
>  >  fundamentally changed the way I work and the way Axiom is maintained,
>  >  all for the better.
>  >
>  >  I know it is a challenge to change source code systems but the gain
>  >  is well worth the pain in this case. The fact that git works with
>  >  legacy humans is a huge plus in minimizing the pain.
>
>  We are indeed considering changing to git.  The
>    repo --> plain text --> original repo
>  problem is a show stopper -- i.e., if Mercurial absolutely can't
>  do that, then we have no choice but to dump mercurial for git.
>  I hope Mercurial can do that though, since we've spent a lot
>  of time getting going with Mercurial, and it works fairly well.
>
>   -- William
>
>
>
>  >
>

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