Mercurial

Distributed version control system alternative to Git.

Mercurial is a distributed version-control system started around the same time as Git (2005), in response to the same BitKeeper licence change. Its data model is conceptually similar to Git's but with a simpler command set and an emphasis on internal consistency guarantees.

Mercurial is used by Mozilla and a number of other large open-source projects on Linux, although Git's dominance has reduced its overall market share. Facebook's internal version-control system, Sapling, is a Mercurial descendant.

License: GPL-2.0

Category: Developer tools

Website: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/

Install

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install mercurial
Fedora:        sudo dnf install mercurial
Arch:          sudo pacman -S mercurial

Authors

Matt Mackall (creator)
Mercurial contributors

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