To me git won because of some ergonomics. CVS and SVN felt like gnu screen, cryptic and a bit limited, requiring a good setup phase to make it right.. egg walk.

To me git won because of some ergonomics. CVS and SVN felt like gnu screen, cryptic and a bit limited, requiring a good setup phase to make it right.. egg walk. You grab git, clone stuff, branch out, merge in .. it was transparent locally or networked.. plug and play.