[Psi-devel] Darcs

[Hal Rottenberg]

> Here's a fair comparison for the sort of commands which non-developers would
> use:
> 
> Subversion:    svn   co  URL directory
> Darcs:         darcs get URL directory

> I don't instantly see how Darcs is any simpler, given that it requires
> about the
> same amount of typing and simply has different terminology.  Its benefits are
> clearly in other areas, like distributed repositories and patch management.

Now that you put it that way, the difference is clear to me.  What
does "co" mean?  I know what "get" means.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention the hosting admin viewpoint.  The
server-side requirements for Subversion are a bit higher than for
darcs.

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