Pijul: A intuitive VCS unlike Git that's based on sound theory of patches

Re:Pijul: A intuitive VCS unlike Git that's based on sound t... by gnufx on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:36PM (#24593849)

> The other part is the theory of patches. Darcs took the lead here too, but the algorithms and implementation left something to be desired.

For what it's worth, there's a Darcs 3 in development, with a new patch format/theory, thanks to the two keeping it alive. Find darcs 2 generally pleasant enough with a fairly large code base. I didn't understand the reason for not keeping the darcs interface with new guts for pjiul.

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Re:Pijul: A intuitive VCS unlike Git that's based on sound t... by matt-attack on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:22AM (#24599067)

Yep. I’ve used darcs for at least a decade. The mental model is just so straightforward, I simply never wrestling with it. It does exactly what I want with very little thought. I’ve transitioned to git this last year and my head hurts constantly.

Things that used to be trivial are now unsolvable (by me at least).

The darcs ui was a complete joy. Interactive but super fast. Incredibly easy for new uses to learn.

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