Historically hg had the more intuitive interface[1] and git had better performance. Hg's performance has improved a lot (partly because Meta uses it). Git's i

Historically hg had the more intuitive interface[1] and git had better performance. Hg's performance has improved a lot (partly because Meta uses it). Git's interface has improved as well, but I know it too well now to say if it's as intuitive as hg; certainly many hg proponents say it is not. 1: I don't have any hard data for this, but I don't think it's overly controversial.