Extremely lightweight repository creation is my reason. `git init` and you've got a local repo. One .git folder in your root directory and that's it. Blow away

Extremely lightweight repository creation is my reason. `git init` and you've got a local repo. One .git folder in your root directory and that's it. Blow away the one folder and you're back to where you started. None of the .svn folder spam you get with subversion. There are a few differences in commands and concepts, but you can keep it simple and the experience is about the same for small to medium independent projects.