Hacker News: skew4https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=skew4Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:43:47 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by skew4 in "Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, now open-source"]]>This distinction between branches and bookmarks looks like one of the things missing the most from git. Grab a random branch from some place and try to guess whether the committer intends to rewrite it in the future or not: good luck.

For the rest: https://stevebennett.me/2012/02/24/10-things-i-hate-about-gi...

]]>Wed, 11 May 2016 05:36:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672837skew4https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672837<![CDATA[New comment by skew4 in "Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, now open-source"]]>10 or even 20% performance is not a feature. But when tools or features get a few times faster or more then their usage model changes - which means they become different features.

]]>Wed, 11 May 2016 05:21:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672792skew4https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672792https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11672792