#1 most frequent
United States of America
40.8%930 installations of 2,278
What is Mercurial?
Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It handles projects of any size and boasts an easy and intuitive interface. Mercurial handles projects of any size and kind. Every clone contains the whole project history, so most actions are local, fast and convenient. Mercurial supports a multitude of workflows and can enhance its functionality with extensions.
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Who Buys & Uses Mercurial
#2 most frequent
India
24.6%560 installations of 2,278
#3 most frequent
France
8.1%184 installations of 2,278
Mercurial: The right alternative to Git
Pros
- Branch
- Distributed architecture
- Stable
- Platform independent
Cons
- Integration with visual studio
- More integrated tools
- When I install Mercurial I always have to do a hard restart of my computer.
Return on Investment
- Improve time in merging
- Branching enables us to keep separate version per customer
- Good tool for programmers is sometimes a reason to stay
Alternatives Considered
Git and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Other Software Used
Microsoft Office 365, Axure RP, Telerik, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Project