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Re:Microsoft hosts the Windows source in a monstrous 300GB G... by passivepinetree on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @12:01AM (#13587185)
Slightly OT, but I've only ever used Git for version control. At the end of the article, the author mentions that Facebook uses (a custom version of) Mercurial instead of Git.

What are the benefits to using Mercurial over Git?

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Re:Microsoft hosts the Windows source in a monstrous 300GB G... by sclangdon on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:52AM (#13588075)
If I remember correctly, the reason Facebook switched to Mercurial from Git was because they needed to make some changes or add additional functionality and Mercurial is an easier system to do that with, apparently.
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