For those of you comparing git and hg, I would suggest that they are actually quite similar. Check out this article "Mercurial for Git Users" here: http://merc

For those of you comparing git and hg, I would suggest that they are actually quite similar. Check out this article "Mercurial for Git Users" here: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/GitConcepts http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/GitConcepts It answered many of my questions on the nuances of Mercurial. The branch model, bare repositories, and command equivalence table were especially helpful for someone like myself who has used both systems but never fully understood the distinctions.