For the average user, git and mercurial have similar commands, a lot of the time you could just replace `git` with `hg` and it works. I also don't believe that

For the average user, git and mercurial have similar commands, a lot of the time you could just replace `git` with `hg` and it works. I also don't believe that mercurial has a 'cleaner UI', especially when it comes to merge. For advanced users, git has a lot more to offer by default, you need to install a boatload of extensions on hg to achieve the same functionality.