[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15744: Switch to git

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#15744: Switch to git
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 Reporter:  scribu              |       Owner:               
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:               
 Severity:  normal              |    Keywords:               
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Comment(by TobiasBg):

 While the switch to a DVCS certainly has some appeal, I'm not sure that
 git is the right choice for the WordPress project.
 The reason is the lack of support for git on Windows, which IMHO is the
 most widely used OS of WordPress developers which want to directly access
 the repository (e.g. plugin developers, testers, ...). And honestly I
 don't have the feeling that the git developers really want Windows support
 (TortoiseGit and git-cheetah still kind of fight each other).

 I'd rather suggest Mercurial, which basically has the same features as
 git, with a slightly different syntax, but a far better support for
 different OSes (e.g. TortoiseHg).

 But before making such a switch decision, we should really first make our
 minds up on what the goal and the consequences of such a switch would be.

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