The usual argument for Mercurial, though, is that it's easier to use and more resistant to getting the local repo into odd states than Git. That tends to make M

The usual argument for Mercurial, though, is that it's easier to use and more resistant to getting the local repo into odd states than Git. That tends to make Mercurial a better option for people without significant Git background, and definitely makes bad user experiences of that sort with Mercurial interesting. I guess what I'm getting at is that Mercurial supporters tend to view it as distinctly better than Git, so sticking to Git just because of its widespread usage does feel like a sort of defeat... One could say similar about Fossil, a much more ambitious project that has faltered probably mostly due to Git claiming all the mind share.