BitKeeper vs Mercurial vs SVN (Subversion)

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BitKeeper

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Mercurial

229
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+ 1
105
SVN (Subversion)

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Pros of BitKeeper
Pros of Mercurial
Pros of SVN (Subversion)
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    • 18
      A lot easier to extend than git
    • 17
      Easy-to-grasp system with nice tools
    • 13
      Works on windows natively without cygwin nonsense
    • 11
      Written in python
    • 9
      Free
    • 8
      Fast
    • 6
      Better than Git
    • 6
      Best GUI
    • 4
      Better than svn
    • 2
      Hg inc
    • 2
      Good user experience
    • 2
      TortoiseHg - Unified free gui for all platforms
    • 2
      Consistent UI
    • 2
      Easy-to-use
    • 2
      Native support to all platforms
    • 1
      Free to use
    • 20
      Easy to use
    • 13
      Simple code versioning
    • 5
      User/Access Management
    • 3
      Complicated code versionioning by Subversion
    • 2
      Free

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    Cons of BitKeeper
    Cons of Mercurial
    Cons of SVN (Subversion)
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      • 0
        Track single upstream only
      • 0
        Does not distinguish between local and remote head
      • 7
        Branching and tagging use tons of disk space

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      What is BitKeeper?

      BitKeeper is a fast, enterprise-ready, distributed SCM that scales up to very large projects and down to tiny ones.

      What is Mercurial?

      Mercurial is dedicated to speed and efficiency with a sane user interface. It is written in Python. Mercurial's implementation and data structures are designed to be fast. You can generate diffs between revisions, or jump back in time within seconds.

      What is SVN (Subversion)?

      Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.

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        What are some alternatives to BitKeeper, Mercurial, and SVN (Subversion)?
        Git
        Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
        Perforce
        Visibility, access control, workflow and code management for Git environments. Flexibility of collaborating on the same codebase and code reviews using any combination of Perforce and Git workflows and tools without compromise.
        DVC
        It is an open-source Version Control System for data science and machine learning projects. It is designed to handle large files, data sets, machine learning models, and metrics as well as code.
        Plastic SCM
        Plastic SCM is a distributed version control designed for big projects. It excels on branching and merging, graphical user interfaces, and can also deal with large files and even file-locking (great for game devs). It includes "semantic" features like refactor detection to ease diffing complex refactors.
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        It lets you run machine learning models with a few lines of code, without needing to understand how machine learning works.
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