• 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.
  • 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)