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Yeah, hence see the criticisms of git from completely different sides from fossil devs on one hand and pijul dev(s?) on the other.

Git probably has its place, but only on very specific, large scale projects, with a crack core team and hundreds of drive-by contributors ?



> Git probably has its place, but only on very specific, large scale projects, with a crack core team and hundreds of drive-by contributors ?

So, hypothetically, if that were the case, what is the recommendation for Small/Medium web agencies?


No versioning at all, of course.

On a more serious note, I wonder if GP ever worked on projects outside of large enterprises and is just gatekeeping it. Git is useful on solo projects, for God's sake.


Useful? Yes. Way overkill? Also yes (imho).

HG is simpler to understand, has a more consistent CLI, and way better error messaging. Just a pity that it's been so sorely overshadowed by the Swiss Army Chainsaw of VCS.

Git can certainly do almost anything/everything anybody might want from a VCS, but, just like a chainsaw, it'll cut your leg off just as soon as it'll cut off the branch you're pruning if you're not fully expert in using it.




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