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Re:Gradle Still Sucks by midoridensha on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:29AM (#35710182)
>The difference is that Gradle has an obvious better alternative: Maven.

The alternative to Git is Mercurial, though I've never used it so I can't vouch for it. I do think I've read that Git is much faster though, but it's generally accepted that Mercurial's UI is a lot better and more consistent.

AFAICT, all the other alternatives to Git really can't do the same stuff Git does (namely, being distributed).

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Re:Gradle Still Sucks by JonChesterfield on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:54AM (#35711790)
Fossil is the one to look at.
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Re:Gradle Still Sucks by lmm on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:20PM (#35722931)
Yeah, you're right, I didn't want to complicate my post but Mercurial does have a cleaner design. But ultimately they never had an impl that was fast enough to use back when it mattered (maybe they still don't). Speed is a feature, and an important one.
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