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848 points thefilmore | 2 comments | 13 May 25 05:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.445s | source
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bandrami ◴[13 May 25 06:03 UTC] No.43969975[source]▶
Pretty cool that Linus Torvalds invented a completely distributed version control system and 20 years later we all use it to store our code in a single place.
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NexRebular ◴[13 May 25 07:34 UTC] No.43970472[source]▶
It really is a tragedy that git monoculture is winning over Mercurial, Fossil and other better designed alternatives. Don't even have a nice github-like service for Mercurial anymore as Bitbucket decided to give up.
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1. 1wd ◴[13 May 25 09:18 UTC] No.43971061[source]▶
heptapod is GitLab with Mercurial support.
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2. NexRebular ◴[13 May 25 10:18 UTC] No.43971391[source]▶
Which I used until they stopped releasing prebuilt packages without subscription.