Re: [OT] Question about Git branches

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On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but this is due to different design decisions of git and Mercurial. git
> prioritized the multiple branches in a single clone use case; Mercurial
> prioritized re-cloning. It's natural to do this kind of branching in git,
> and more natural to re-clone in Mercurial.

Ah, I wasn't aware of that philosophical difference. Does hg use
hardlinks or something to minimize disk usage when you clone, or does
it actually copy everything? (Or worse, does it make the new directory
actually depend on the old one?)

ChrisA

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[OT] Question about Git branches "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-09-16 08:22 +0200
  Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-16 11:21 +0300
    Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 18:29 +1000
      Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-16 22:14 +1000
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 22:48 +1000
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 22:50 +1000
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 17:08 +0100
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 02:25 +1000
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 20:11 +0100
        Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 11:47 +1000
    Re: [OT] Question about Git branches "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-09-16 10:59 +0200
      Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 14:16 +0400
    Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 09:19 -0400
      Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-17 02:26 +0300
  Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 16:04 +0400
    Re: [OT] Question about Git branches "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-09-17 17:52 +0200
    Re: [OT] Question about Git branches Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 02:00 +1000

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