Re: Switching to Subversion

[Miles Bader]

Thomas Arendsen Hein <address@hidden> writes:
>> Riff does not mean "rip off."
>
> My dictionary only provided translations which I don't fit to the
> context for me. What do you mean?

I'd say it means something like "a creative response to".  Clearly
mercurial _was_ a response to git, and sort of occupies the same "idea
space" to a degree, but it also attempts to provide its own unique
elements.

-miles

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