== Distributed SCM ==

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.

Distributed SCMs provide mechanisms for propagating changes between repositories.

Distributed SCMs are in contrast to [[CentralisedSCM|centralised SCMs]]. Mercurial is a DSCM.

Some distributed SCMs include (incomplete list):

|| ''Name''      || ''Project home''       || ''Wikipedia article'' ||
|| [[Bazaar]]    || http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar_software|link]] ||
|| Darcs         || http://darcs.net/      || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcs|link]] ||
|| Fossil        || http://www.fossil-scm.org/ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(software)|link]] ||
|| Git           || http://git-scm.com/      || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29|link]] ||
|| [[Mercurial]] || http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial_%28software%29|link]] ||
|| Monotone      || http://www.monotone.ca/ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotone_(software)|link]] ||

See also:
 * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control|Distributed revision control]] on Wikipedia

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