Maarten Sneep on Nostr: git is a nightmare to use, and overkill for most projects except the very big ones. ...
git is a nightmare to use, and overkill for most projects except the very big ones. I’m sure it is fine for the linux kernel, but few projects reach that scale. I much prefer mercurial. Fewer options to screw up, and (IMHO) friendlier error messages.
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