Any ex ClearCase or VSS users out there?

[David Timothy Strauss]

----- "Maritza Mendez" <martitzam at gmail.com> wrote: 

> [...] ClearCase fundamentally tracks history of each file, from which the history of a branch must be inferred. [...] Conversely, bzr (like some other tools) tracks the history of branches, from which the history of individual files can be inferred.

It's more than just a difference of preference. Inferring the history of a file from the atomic commits on a branch (the Bazaar method) is a theoretically sound practice. Inferring the history of a branch from changes to individual files requires heuristics or a lot of user patience.