Git Alternatives Debate

Discussions center on the superiority of Git over other version control systems like SVN, Mercurial, and Perforce, with debates on why Git dominates and arguments for or against alternatives in various workflows.

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Sample Comments

bassman9000 • Jul 22, 2019 • View on HN

And reflect why keep using git when we still work the good ol' centralized workflow style of SVN and the likes.

otabdeveloper4 • Nov 30, 2022 • View on HN

The real-world use-cases are already covered by git.

qwerty456127 • Nov 3, 2018 • View on HN

Pragmatically, why would anybody need anything but git nowadays?

Rastonbury • Oct 28, 2020 • View on HN

No where near as useful or powerful as Git

rahulroy9202 • Jul 26, 2018 • View on HN

What are some arguments to be made against git?

psaux • Oct 30, 2019 • View on HN

Sounds like alternatives for Git :) But seriously, need to read more on this.

eru • Apr 15, 2010 • View on HN

Git is fine. The other distributed version control systems (darcs, mercurial, bazaar, etc) are also usable.

sigzero • Dec 21, 2016 • View on HN

You didn't answer the question. Instead you gave a list of things on why you think git is better.

cortesoft • Jan 4, 2018 • View on HN

Because developers are already using git, so why have separate tools for similar use cases?

galaxyLogic • Oct 20, 2023 • View on HN

Why not git? Specifically as relates to the current discussion?