Last activity 6h agoPosted Nov 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM EST

Mercury: A VCS Easier Than Git

Original: Mercury: A VCS easier than Git

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teluiAuthor

7h ago

Mercury VCS

Mercury VCS is a lightweight, beginner-friendly version control system with features Git doesn’t natively provide. It focuses on simplicity, workflow control, and commit rules enforcement for teams or solo developers. Features

    Commit Rules Enforcement – Define rules for commit messages or file structures to maintain a clean and consistent repository.
    Simplified Versioning – Create unique versions with new-ver and automatically prevent duplicates.
    Beginner-Friendly CLI – Commands are easy to remember and use:
        commit <file> – Save a file (or files) to Mercury.
        commit-msg <message> – Add a commit message (supports spaces).
        restart-branch <branch> – Restart a branch quickly.
        list-ver – List all repository versions.
        create-rules <message> – Create a commitrules.txt file.
        new-ver <version> – Create a new Mercury version.
        mercuryversion – Show Mercury VC version info.
    Lightweight and Focused – Avoids Git complexity while still providing essential version control functionality.

sionisrecur

6h ago

Is this related to mercurial, other than using python, or is the name just a coincidence?

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Commit Rules Enforcement – Define rules for commit messages or file structures to maintain a clean and consistent repository. Simplified Versioning – Create unique versions with new-ver and automatically prevent duplicates. Beginner-Friendly CLI – Commands are easy to remember and use: commit <file> – Save a file (or files) to Mercury. commit-msg <message> – Add a commit message (supports spaces). restart-branch <branch> – Restart a branch quickly. list-ver – List all repository versions. create-rules <message> – Create a commitrules.txt file. new-ver <version> – Create a new Mercury version. mercuryversion – Show Mercury VC version info. Lightweight and Focused – Avoids Git complexity while still providing essential version control functionality.