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Re:GitHub is down by richieadler on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @10:21AM (#11430555)
> You can't do patches.

You can create bundles and submit them for approval. Very similar.

> You can't rebase.

You have alternatives. The work philosophy is different, though.

> You can't rename files.

False.

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Re:GitHub is down by popmystack on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @10:37AM (#11430676)
>You can create bundles and submit them for approval. Very similar.

Bundles do not have anywhere near the same flexibility and nuanced capacity that patches do.

>The work philosophy is different, though.

That's an apology if I've ever seen one. Again, not the same.

>False.

Rename a file. Then try to merge. Tell me what happens.

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Re:GitHub is down by penguinonrocket on Friday April 08, 2016 @09:51AM (#11454619)
>Bundles do not have anywhere near the same flexibility and nuanced capacity that patches do.

Interesting. That's basically what the people who suggested bundles (a Hg feature) said about patches.

I've used both as appropriate. Handy that Fossil has both.

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