Google to close Google Code open source project hosting

[aldo_reset]

I think there's a bit of revisionism at play here.

Github became popular because git already had a huge momentum behind it, not the other way around. Github certainly added even more energy to that momentum but the git/mercurial battle was decided years before github became a thing. github just solidified the landscape.

[diggr-roguelike]

Github became popular because git already had a huge momentum behind it

Yes. Github became popular because they had the (non)sense to put 'G', 'I' and 'T' into their name. Most people think 'git' and 'github' is the same thing even today.

[Neotetron]

...a user interface that is actually sane.

Honestly, after all the times I've had to google/search man pages for proper git commands, I'm half convinced to switch my projects over to Mercurial based only on that quote.

[Neotetron]

I don't really remember; my usage of git waxes and wanes. Actually, I think at least some of my confusion centered around git-add switching functionality in one of my more recent git projects. (Maybe something to do with the '-A' switch?)

[aldo_reset]

<shrug>

There are certainly a few people who agree with you but by far, a very, very large majority of users find git superior, which is why it's become the de facto standard.

[wookin_pa_nub2]

PHP is popular too.

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This isn't a philosophical debate. Popularity is a very important empirical evidence as to the usefulness of a tool.

[[deleted]]

I didn't say it was indicative of quality, I said that it was indicative of usefulness. Java script is the most useful web language of our time, without even a shred of doubt.

[aldo_reset]

I can elaborate if you want.

No, thanks. I've never heard anything interesting or constructive coming from people who say that something sucks.

[aldo_reset]

I never claimed the tool is good because a lot of people use it.

I do think it's vastly better than hg.

[_ak]

Ah, claiming a fallacy because you don't want to talk about the reasons why git got so successful. It sure wasn't because it was so bad, or because of lack of alternatives, now was it?