Git and Mercurial - Compare and Contrast
- by TM
For a while now I've been using subversion for my personal projects.
More and more I keep hearing great things about Git and Mercurial, and DVCS in general.
I'd like to give the whole DVCS thing a whirl, but I'm not too familiar with either option.
What are some of the differences between Mercurial and Git?
Note that I'm not trying to find out which one is "best" or even which one I should start with. I'm mainly looking for key areas where they are similar and where they are different, because I am interested to know how they differ in terms of implementation and philosophy.