Git won because of Github and not much else. Git was conceived to manage the Linux source tree, which is a problem in a class of its own. Fully decentralized s

Git won because of Github and not much else. Git was conceived to manage the Linux source tree, which is a problem in a class of its own. Fully decentralized source management requires an extremely flexible system, which conversely precludes any kind of implicit workflow. While this goes against previous SCM (svn, etc.) it also leaves a serious void for regular organizations that just need to keep doing centralized, trunk-based development. Github provides that missing layer in a friendly, accessible manner. Ironically, by normalizing its usage, Github takes away a lot of the justification for git itself. You could achieve the same model with mercurial, bazaar, etc. which also have the advantage of a sane CLI.