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Re: Merits of ClearCase



Eric Blake wrote:
> 
> That's a workaround, not a solution.  Any VCS that requires an O(n) (n as
> the number of files being labeled) labeling post-processing pass in order
> to create enough records in the database to track commits atomically, when
> there are O(1) solutions like git where commits are atomic _without any
> additional effort), is just too slow to be worth anything in my opinion.
> 
Renaming a label type is an O(0) operation.
It doesn't depend on the number of labels of that type applied.

Eric Blake wrote:
> 
> Besides, git is open source, clearcase is not. 
> 
That's a different issue.
I very much agree on the advantages of free software.

But you are still comparing a free horse to a commercial plane.
And, there is some freedom bound to the fact the latter flies.

Marc
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