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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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?