> I could easily imagine everything going the other way if Linus or DHH had picked Mercurial instead of Git. Just picking a nit, but Linus didn't just choose i

> I could easily imagine everything going the other way if Linus or DHH had picked Mercurial instead of Git. Just picking a nit, but Linus didn't just choose it, he wrote it. Also, Mercurial wasn't an option for him because it didn't yet exist.