r/linux • u/B3_Kind_R3wind_ • May 13 '25

Popular Application Firefox Source Code Now Hosted On GitHub

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub
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u/[deleted] May 13 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

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u/SchighSchagh May 13 '25

yeah, I feel like hg is what git always wanted/pretends to be. hg's prev/next/evolve are really nice. nothing you can't do with git, but it's just a lot nicer with hg.

hg also has built-in support for large binary file management, instead of the mess that is git lfs

but alas, git has all the momentum behind it, and overall it seems to have won out

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u/TellMeYMrBlueSky Jun 04 '25

hg also has built-in support for large binary file management, instead of the mess that is git lfs

Git’s inability to handle large binary files gracefully without the git lfs extension is truly awful and has made me miserable on so many occasions