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Thu Sep 17 05:04:14 CEST 2015 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2015-September/141691.html

On Sep 16 2015, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
> On Sep 16 2015, "R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:17:38 -0700, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
>>> On Sep 16 2015, "R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>>> > The DAG plus git branches-as-labels *fits in my head* in a way that the
>>> > DAG plus named-branches-and-other-things does not.
>>> 
>>> Hmm, that's odd. As far as I know, the difference between the hg and git
>>> DAG model can be summarized like this:
>>> 
>>>  * In git, leaves of the DAG must be assigned a name. If they don't have
>>>    a name, they will be garbage collected. If they have a name, they are
>>>    called a branch.
>>> 
>>>  * In hg, leaves of the DAG persist. If you want to remove them, you
>>>    have to do so explicitly (hg strip), if you want them to have a name,
>>>    you must do so explicitly (hg bookmark). A node of the DAG with a
>>>    name is called a bookmark.
>>> 
>>>  * hg named branches have no equivalent in git. 
>>> 
>>> Does that help?
>>
>> Well, that last bullet kind of complicates the model, doesn't it?  :)
>
> Not if you come from git and want to use hg. You can just ignore
> bookmarks.

Obviously, that should have read "..you can just ignore named branches".

Best,
-Nikolaus
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