Re: Alternative DVCS to git: hg?

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2019-04-17 23:59, Sad Clouds wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:28:41 +0200
> Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost> wrote:
>
> > > Well, you don't need to specify full URL, there are well known
> > > shortcuts:
> >
> > Sorry, I'm still not impressed. Why on earth they didn't do "proper"
> > branches and tags is beyond me, and my biggest issues with
> > subversion. Apart from those, I kindof like subversion.
>
> So what is your definition of a "proper branch" and what exactly
> Subversion branch doesn't allow you to do? Is this something to do with
> tracing back all the branches that a particular file belongs to? Or
> having some snazzy GUI tool to see the history?
>
> I ask because my work with branches is normally quite simple, i.e.
> create a feature branch, commit changes, merge to trunk, delete
> feature branch. Sometime backport some fixes from one branch to
> another, i.e. from trunk to release-X.Y. What else is there that
> people need from branches?

I would want branches in the same way they are in cvs. Same for tags. 
Simple as that.

And this is pretty much the same as all other VCS that I have ever used 
to it as well. Subversion is the odd one out on this one.

  Johnny

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