Really the #1 reason that Git beats Subversion right now, is that Git is what people use. If your development involves any community open source stuff, you wil

Really the #1 reason that Git beats Subversion right now, is that Git is what people use. If your development involves any community open source stuff, you will need to be comfortable with git and with github. Just use git because it's what people use. There is no need to learn 2 things when you can get by with just learning 1 thing. Spend your time on stuff that's important.