Both are great, but for a beginner, I too feel that Mercurial is much easier to get started. You don't have to spend any time 'understanding' how it works, just

Both are great, but for a beginner, I too feel that Mercurial is much easier to get started. You don't have to spend any time 'understanding' how it works, just 3-4 commands is all that it takes to use it. > Mercurial will get a lower and lower percentage of the market place over time Lots of big projects continue to use Hg, some even switching to it from Git (e.g. FB) https://hg.python.org/ https://hg.python.org/ https://hg.mozilla.org/ https://hg.mozilla.org/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-merc...