• Facebook does not use Git due to scale issues with their large monorepo, instead opting for Mercurial.
  • Mercurial may be a better option for large monorepos, but Git has made improvements to support them better.
  • Despite some drawbacks, Git usage remains dominant with 93.87% share, due to familiarity, additional tools, and industry trends.
  • FizzyOrange
    31·
    3 months ago

    That’s exactly the same in git. The old commits are still there, they just don’t show up in git log because nothing points to them.

    • aport
      1·
      3 months ago

      Old, unreachable commits will be garbage collected.

      • FizzyOrange
        2·
        3 months ago

        Does that not happen with Mercurial? If not that seems like a point against it.

        • aport
          1·
          3 months ago

          I’m confused, the behavior you just said was “exactly the same in git” is now a problem for Mercurial?

          • FizzyOrange
            1·
            3 months ago

            I thought it was exactly the same based on the description.

            • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              No the old commit is always there, marked as obsolete with the information of what it became. No holes in history. (Assuming you use the obsolecense markers)