git was faster. i was using mercurial and svn before git. git was hard to learn but i went with efficiency and speed over convenience. also, if you have a good

git was faster. i was using mercurial and svn before git. git was hard to learn but i went with efficiency and speed over convenience. also, if you have a good shell or a good GUI you don't need to memorize git commands. and if you are not a game developer uploading large binaries, git is the best around.