Git: tool that supports many low-level customization to suit different needs.<\/p>\n
Mercurial: has distributed version control feature like git, but commands are similar to the centralized version control SVN, is easier to learn than git and does not provide low-level funtions for hacking like git. (Git vs. Mercurial is like Linux vs. Mac).<\/p>\n
Despite that glaring flaw, the rest of hg is excellent. It functions almost identically to Subversion in the commands that it shares, and the new concepts \u2013 branching, merging, etc. \u2013 are easily learned and intuitive. Whereas I\u2019m still learning how to do relatively basic things in git, I learned pretty much all of hg\u2019s functionality in about a day. If you\u2019re familiar with Subversion, transitioning to Mercurial should be a piece of cake \u2013 the functions you\u2019re familiar with will be there, and the new functions are easy-to-learn and well-documented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n