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Distributed SCM

A distributed SCM tool (abbreviated: a DSCM tool) is designed to support a model in which each repository is loosely coupled to many others. Each repository contains a complete set of metadata describing one or more projects. These repositories may be located almost anywhere. Individual developers only need access to their own repositories, not to a central one, in order to commit changes.

Distributed SCMs provide mechanisms for propagating changes between repositories.

Distributed SCMs are in contrast to centralised SCMs. Mercurial is a DSCM.

Some distributed SCMs include (incomplete list):

Name	Project home	Wikipedia article
Bazaar	http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/	link
Darcs	http://darcs.net/	link
Fossil	http://www.fossil-scm.org/	link
Git	http://git-scm.com/	link
Mercurial	http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/	link
Monotone	http://www.monotone.ca/	link

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-A '''distributed [[SCM]]''' tool (abbreviated: a DSCM tool) is designed to support a model in which each [[Repository|repository]] is loosely coupled to many others.  Each repository contains a complete set of metadata describing one or more projects.  These repositories may be located almost anywhere.  Individual developers only need access to their own repositories, not to a central one, in order to commit changes.
+A '''distributed SCM''' tool (abbreviated: a DSCM tool) is designed to support a model in which each [[Repository|repository]] is loosely coupled to many others.  Each repository contains a complete set of metadata describing one or more projects.  These repositories may be located almost anywhere.  Individual developers only need access to their own repositories, not to a central one, in order to commit changes.