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There's more to it than that. I think mercurial's user interface has its advantages, but when they were facing off each other, git was far faster and quickly a
by dwheeler 6y ago
There's more to it than that.
I think mercurial's user interface has its advantages, but when they were facing off each other, git was far faster and quickly added more advanced capabilities. Power users preferred the speed, and they were the ones generally deciding which version control systems to use.
But that does not mean that git's user interface is perfect. I think there are many things that could be done to make it much easier to understand and use by non power users.
- aaron695 6y agoI agree Git won the power users. I think perhaps all that's needed is a GUI front end that ignores the structure of Git and just gives non-power users what they want. Like one button. Backup, delete repo, re-pull and re-add my changes. No explanation of what's doing under the hood. Simplify branches for simple repos. Power users can do their thing seperate. And improve GitHub. A WYSIWYG to edit .md files for instance. I think it's not impossible to get Git and GitHub good.