If you are using Subversion, stop it. Just stop. Subversion = Leeches. Mercurial and Git = Antibiotics. We have better technology now.
via Distributed Version Control is here to stay, baby – Joel on Software.
also, check out his tutorial he created that gives you good insight into the mindset needed (and how to break out of your subversion-centric mindset): HgInit
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very interesting. really like that hgInit site. once we go live with our current project, we’ll have to give this a real shot.
Another deserter/converter
http://groovy.dzone.com/news/why-im-leaving-subversion-git
We should seriously look into this and figure out what the best path is for moving from one to the other. If it really does simplify merges between developers who all commit at a different pace (meaning some like to commit often, others do not), then it would be a definite improvement.