LOC of different version control systems

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:31:55 +0200, Alexander Belchenko <bialix at ukr.net> wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas пишет:
>> On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:56 +0200, Alexander Belchenko <bialix at ukr.net> wrote:
>>> Also Bazaar supports more concepts, more features/workflows and tows
>>> support for numerous old repo formats. I think this explains its
>>> codebase size.
>>
>> Can you elaborate a bit on the `more workflows' part?  I've been seeing
>> that mentioned here and there, that but I am not sure I understand what
>> it means for the average ${VCS} user.
>
> I don't know what it means: "for the average ${VCS} user". Can you
> explain, please?

Someone who is a bit less experienced than a VCS hacker who can extend
the same VCS privately if they find missing functionality.  I should
have been more clear when I wrote "average ${VCS} user".

> I can explain only what I'm using everyday.

Thanks, that's more or less what I was looking for :-)

> You can use bzr branches as standalone branches (this is typical
> scenario for hg, yes?).  You can use bzr branch on the some sort of
> server (smart or dumb) as master branch and then do checkout on local
> machine. Your checkout could be almost the same as regular branch, but
> when you do commit or pull all new revisions should go to master
> branch first (otherwise you need use --local command-line
> option). Also bzr supports lightweight checkouts -- it's roughly the
> same like checkouts in CVS, when you have only working copy on your
> local disk without history, all branch history is accessible via
> master branch (it could be on the server or local).
>
> Also bzr supports work with many dumb servers (http is readonly, ftp,
> sftp is writable).  This is much slower than using smart server like
> bzr+ssh, but sometimes it's very useful.
>
> As you understand I did not mention the same features both hg and bzr
> has.
>
> This does not mean of course that all users will use everything, but
> I'm using all mentioned above and it helps me in my work. But I'm
> probably not typical "average ${VCS} user", because I was bzr windows
> maintainer during several years.

Heh, that's ok.  I think I'm covered for now.  I asked because it is
nice to know what features are useful in Bazaar too.