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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:26:15 -0700
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On 08/27/2014 10:29 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
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> Git has won the battle

Good thing there's room for more than one technology.

I use hg because 1) python-dev uses hg; and 2) I understand the simple hg commands.  I find git confusing, and my main 
uses are commit, pull, update, an occasional merge, and a rare rollback -- not complicated stuff.

--
~Ethan~