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diff --git a/doc/go_faq.html b/doc/go_faq.html index ea6edc37e9..64acd96a2d 100644 --- a/doc/go_faq.html +++ b/doc/go_faq.html @@ -922,6 +922,32 @@ See the document for more information about how to proceed. </p> +<h3 id="Why_does_the_project_use_Mercurial_and_not_git"> +Why does the project use Mercurial and not git?</h3> + +<p> +The Go project, hosted by Google Code at +<a href="http://code.google.com/p/go">code.google.com/p/go</a>, +uses Mercurial as its version control system. +When the project launched, +Google Code supported only Subversion and Mercurial. +Mercurial was a better choice because of its plugin mechanism +that allowed us to create the "codereview" plugin to connect +the project to the excellent code review tools at +<a href="http://codereview.appspot.com">codereview.appspot.com</a>. +</p> + +<p> +Programmers who work +with the Go project's source rather than release downloads sometimes +ask for the project to switch to git. +That would be possible, but it would be a lot of work and +would also require reimplementing the codereview plugin. +Given that Mercurial works today, with code review support, +combined with the Go project's mostly linear, non-branching use of +version control, a switch to git doesn't seem worthwhile. +</p> + <h2 id="Pointers">Pointers and Allocation</h2> <h3 id="pass_by_value"> |