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minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoMercurial is decentralised, there is no single “source of truth”. (Not counting “upstream”, of course.)
minus-squaremesa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHuh interesting, maybe it was the way we used it 15-20+ years ago or maybe it changed. No clue. But yes you are correct.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoBoth Mercurial and Git started around the same time as a replacement for BitKeeper - which also was decentralised.
Mercurial is decentralised, there is no single “source of truth”. (Not counting “upstream”, of course.)
Huh interesting, maybe it was the way we used it 15-20+ years ago or maybe it changed. No clue. But yes you are correct.
Both Mercurial and Git started around the same time as a replacement for BitKeeper - which also was decentralised.