Galaxy migrated from mercurial(on Bitbucket) to git(on GitHub). If you are starting new production Galaxy going with GitHub (master branch) is a good choice. 

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:03 PM Asma Riyaz <asmariyaz23@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

Is there a difference between the github and mercurial galaxy downloads? Is there one preferred over another? The galaxy website asks to do a Github download and many other places including the GMOD tutorial held last summer on Galaxy suggested a mercurial one?
Kindly advice.

Thank you,
Asma
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