Having used both git and hg in my own projects, I have strong feelings towards both, although in the end they're like siblings who got the same lessons from their parents and just choose to go to different colleges.
With that said, I'm not sure this post really pushes one to use hg. The comments about being close to svn are pretty lame. While I get the point; subtle differences really won't matter after the first week. And getting over the mental difference that comes with distributed version control is a lot more to take in than a couple letter changes in commands.
The two things I most like about git are how -- by default -- you can choose line-by-line what gets commited. Where as the default in hg is to commit all changes. This actually changes how I find myself coding and my comfort with the repo. I know you can do something similar in hg, but it's a bit of a nuisance.
The other standout is how simple branching is in git.
With that said, I'm not sure this post really pushes one to use hg. The comments about being close to svn are pretty lame. While I get the point; subtle differences really won't matter after the first week. And getting over the mental difference that comes with distributed version control is a lot more to take in than a couple letter changes in commands.
The two things I most like about git are how -- by default -- you can choose line-by-line what gets commited. Where as the default in hg is to commit all changes. This actually changes how I find myself coding and my comfort with the repo. I know you can do something similar in hg, but it's a bit of a nuisance.
The other standout is how simple branching is in git.