The fact that you need to install either Cygwin or a 100MB collection of Msys files put us off it for our project. We stuck to Mercurial because we thought it w

The fact that you need to install either Cygwin or a 100MB collection of Msys files put us off it for our project. We stuck to Mercurial because we thought it would be easier for newbies to get involved, and it seems to be working. Also, unlike Git, Mercurial is coded in Python.. Git is a mesh-mash of half a dozen different languages. I'm guessing long-term, Mercurial will be maintained better (but might be wrong).