Network effects, powered by GitHub. Back in the day I loved Hg. Logical and rounded-edges where Git was geeky, tweaky, and rough. And the how many uses this vs.

Network effects, powered by GitHub. Back in the day I loved Hg. Logical and rounded-edges where Git was geeky, tweaky, and rough. And the how many uses this vs. how many use that numbers were not so unequal. Tossup IIRC. But GitHub made Git easy to use as a team, collaborative and social, whereas Bitbucket made it easier but not with the same enthusiasm . Small advantages in user base size, branding, and ease of being supported "in the cloud" compounded over time, until suddenly using Mercurial seemed unusual and off the beaten path yet using Git felt natural and common. When supporting services (like CI/CD services) grew, it was clear who'd they support first. The market leader, natch. And so the momentum grew. Classic VHS vs Betamax.