status: added option -p and -0 to assist xargs
The -p option strips the status prefix of each file, while
-0 ends each file with a NUL character, instead of a newline.
Together, selected group of files can be passed to 'xargs -0'
for further processing.
Mercurial git BK (*)
storage revlog delta compressed revisions SCCS weave
storage naming by filename by revision hash by filename
merge file DAGs changeset DAG file DAGs?
consistency SHA1 SHA1 CRC
signable? yes yes no
retrieve file tip O(1) O(1) O(revs)
add rev O(1) O(1) O(revs)
find prev file rev O(1) O(changesets) O(revs)
annotate file O(revs) O(changesets) O(revs)
find file changeset O(1) O(changesets) ?
checkout O(files) O(files) O(revs)?
commit O(changes) O(changes) ?
6 patches/s 6 patches/s slow
diff working dir O(changes) O(changes) ?
< 1s < 1s ?
tree diff revs O(changes) O(changes) ?
< 1s < 1s ?
hardlink clone O(files) O(revisions) O(files)
find remote csets O(log new) rsync: O(revisions) ?
git-http: O(changesets)
pull remote csets O(patch) O(modified files) O(patch)
repo growth O(patch) O(revisions) O(patch)
kernel history 300M 3.5G? 250M?
lines of code 2500 6500 (+ cogito) ??
* I've never used BK so this is just guesses