Re: [Openexr-devel] Source Control

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 19 May 2011, Gerald Henriksen wrote:

> On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:50:44 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>
> > Both git and Hg have been moving along nicely and have large
> > followings.  Hg seems to be better supported under Windows with a nice
> > GUI (e.g. TortoiseHg) and inuitive GUI access seems important for many
> > Windows users.
>
> git also appears to have a GUI for windows, tortoisegit, though I
> haven't used it:
> http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

The source repository shows that TortoiseGit has been under a quick 
pace of continual development since November 2008.

The download package size seems similar to TortoiseHg.

Here are some top comparison articles about Mercurial vs GIT, some of 
which are quite enlightening:

http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Git_vs_Mercurial
http://felipec.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/mercurial-vs-git-its-all-in-the-branches/
http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/DVCSAnalysis
http://rg03.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/mercurial-vs-git/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35837/what-is-the-difference-between-mercurial-and-git


The good news for projects which delayed switching from CVS is that 
now there is considerable experience to be gained from projects which 
switched earlier.

Bob
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