[erlang-questions] rsync-like function in Erlang?

[Tuncer Ayaz]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Alpár Jüttner <alpar@REDACTED> wrote:
>> > Does Git work well on Windows? And can it operate in client-server
>> > fashion, or does it need filesystem access between the machines?
>>
>> Git works on Windows but not yet quite as good as on the _you know
>> where it originated :D_ OS
>
> What about using Mercurial instead? Its performance and feature set is
> more or less the same as of git, but it also has a good (and fast)
> native Windows support. Moreover, its user interface is also considered
> to be easier and cleaner, and it is very well documented.

Hg (Mercurial) is good enough and the ui of Git is
only considered hard because all the internal commands are
visible in your normal PATH. If you need to accomplish
something complicated it's good to have the commands
and if you can't ignore them it makes Git look complex.

For a decent comparison have a look at the following article:
http://www.infoq.com/articles/dvcs-guide