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		frenzcan 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fossil versus Git I used Mercurial before switching to git. The positive difference from switching was how branches worked. I don’t know the technical details but branches on git felt “lighter” to use and maintain than with Mercurial.

yomismoaqui 37 days ago [–]

Mercurial introduced bookmarks,it was something similar to git branches. But it was already too late, GitHub and Linus' weight did the rest.

megapoliss 37 days ago | [–]

Bookmarks was there, like in 2012, but no one bothered to read the docs, and everyone continue to use heavy, non removable branches.

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