Disclaimer: I use Git, follow Git development on git mailing list, and even contribute a bit to Git (gitweb mainly). I know Mercurial from documentation and some from discussion on #revctrl IRC channel on FreeNode. Thanks to all people on on #mercurial IRC channel who provided help about Mercurial for this writeup Summary Here it … Read more
In Git land you are talking about three different types of partial clones: shallow clones: I want history from revision point X onward. Use git clone –depth <n> <url> for that, but please remember that shallow clones are somewhat limited in interacting with other repositories. You would be able to generate patches and send them … Read more
I have just introduced a DVCS (Git in this case) in a large banking company, where Perforce, SVN or ClearCase was the centralized VCS of choices: I already knew of the challenges (see my previous answer “Can we finally move to DVCS in Corporate Software? Is SVN still a ‘must have’ for development?”) I have … Read more
The main feature all VCS use for the various task you are mentioning is branching: the ability to isolate a development effort in a collaborative way. Since it is a Central VCS, several developers can collaborate on a same branch, with pessimistic or optimistic locks on files, in order to develop a parallel history. But … Read more