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It was legitimately better than anything else at the time it was created. Linus did have the advantage that people listen to him, and not everything that is bet

by nwah1 5y ago

It was legitimately better than anything else at the time it was created. Linus did have the advantage that people listen to him, and not everything that is better succeeds. But it isn't just a case of his popularity. Technical excellence was involved.

zozbot234 5y ago
Mercurial is often preferred to git on purely technical grounds, so there's plenty of room to disagree about git being the best at what it does.
- dasil003 5y ago
  I always thought of Mercurial as being better on UI grounds, never heard someone suggest it’s better technically.