I wish Git would have used a different name than 'branch'. It's completely at odds with branches in any other version control system and only adds confusion for

I wish Git would have used a different name than 'branch'. It's completely at odds with branches in any other version control system and only adds confusion for people switching to/from Git. Mercurial uses the term 'bookmarks' for Git-style branches, I feel that would have been a much better choice.