Good question. I think git is so relevant to the mercurial argument since it is distributed, so if you are saying why you love mercurial, at least acknowledgin

Good question. I think git is so relevant to the mercurial argument since it is distributed, so if you are saying why you love mercurial, at least acknowledging git will strengthen your argument, as it is the most popular DCVS. Without that mention, readers might falsely think you are uninformed and haven't heard of or tried git.