On: Inkscape Moves to GitLab

[akvadrako]

Git did have one big advantage over Hg at the time, which was speed; a relevant criteria for Linux.

I do agree ending up with git was unfortunate. After trying all the popular choices, Monotone was what I would have picked. Fast, secure, portable and simple.

But Linus didn't like it because it supported cherry-picking, which apparently is an anti-feature for a VCS :)

[mkesper → akvadrako]

This is bullshit. git had to support cherry-picking from day one and monotone was extremely slow. Some background: https://lwn.net/Articles/574075/

[akvadrako → mkesper]

Your link has nothing to do with your argument.

Monotone was slow back when git didn't exist, but later versions greatly improved that.

Also, it's clear Linus didn't like cherry-picking, but other people convinced him to add it to git.