I really do to, and that was one of the reasons I focused on Mercurial ( after I abandoned my first love, Darcs, after a rather lengthy merge. Really lengthy. )

I really do to, and that was one of the reasons I focused on Mercurial ( after I abandoned my first love, Darcs, after a rather lengthy merge. Really lengthy. ) Mercurial is a beautiful tool, with very few of the sharp corners poking out. But, at least for the source trees and development branching style I deal with, I'm convinced Git is more adaptable to any workflow you can imagine. In the end, it may very well be the case that you HAVE to understand Git that well, because that means truly understanding the tree perturbations you're trying to manage. I've been slowly coming to believe that has to be true.