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464 points Anon84 | 5 comments | 16 Jan 25 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dgfitz ◴[16 Jan 25 23:45 UTC] No.42732415[source]▶
I’m pumped a search for hg+mercurial had hits in this thread. I am and will continue to be completely blown that hg lost the dvcs wars. It’s a better tool.
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1. gmueckl ◴[17 Jan 25 00:02 UTC] No.42732549[source]▶
It is the unquestioningly better tool right now. It's available, stable, battle-tested and it's actively supported. It's a case of "being the change you want to see". Just use it. Claims that it lost are counterproductive. The implicit deterrence from those statements is what is actively keeping Mercurial's adoption low.

Hosting is available at least from Sourcehut and heptapod.host.

I'm running a private Heptapod instance (Gitlab fork with direct Mercurial support). It just works.

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2. greazy ◴[17 Jan 25 02:27 UTC] No.42733432[source]▶
Are there any public forges that support hg?
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3. gmueckl ◴[17 Jan 25 02:57 UTC] No.42733623[source]▶
Have a look at heptapost.host for paid hosting and foss.heptapod.net for free public hosting for OSS. Is that what you are looking for?
4. romaniitedomum ◴[17 Jan 25 04:57 UTC] No.42734246[source]▶
> Are there any public forges that support hg?

Sourceforge, Sourcehut, and GNU Savannah all support Mercurial.

5. dgfitz ◴[18 Jan 25 01:01 UTC] No.42744828[source]▶
I use it every day!