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enscr · 2014-02-03 04:36:37+00:00

This is precisely the reason I couldn't force myself to use Git. The UI of Mercurial is so much more consistent and intuitive. I find it easier for non-technical people in the company to share files.

shinymark | karma 322 | avg karma 3.7 · | 2016-10-03 01:18:02+00:00

I find Mercurial so much easier to use than Git. Many of the concepts are similar but the hg interface feels much easier to learn and use.

pestaa | karma 2223 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2012-08-22 12:57:57

Lots of developers, myself included, prefer Mercurial over Git for this exact reason.

Zev | karma 2386 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2011-05-07 20:02:03+00:00

Completely and utterly agreed. I use Mercurial for my own personal projects. And I use git at work. They're both very good tools and completely eschewing one in favor of the other is a stupid absolute to have.

jjav | karma 7040 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2022-07-22 12:24:29

Agreed, mercurial is a joy to use.

It's very annoying that git became more popular, it's such a disaster from the usability point of view.

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2_listerine_pls | karma 337 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2018-11-26 21:08:45+00:00

Why Mercurial instead of git?

thomasmallen | karma 1386 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2008-10-22 17:56:29+00:00

Why do you prefer Git to Mercurial? I've only used Mercurial.

cryptonector | karma 9732 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2022-02-19 14:49:11

I find Mercurial very difficult to use. I find Git much easier.

warbiscuit | karma 343 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2016-12-21 15:16:17+00:00

Honestly, I'm in the exact opposite camp - I'm glad mercurial is still alive and kicking, since I've found my experience with it (and tortoisehg) to be superior in a number of ways. Fewer cross platform issues, a much cleaner commandline interface, can hop over to a much more powerful gui if needed -- I generally use it even when I'm interacting with a git repo.

That said, I'm far from an expert in git. What do you see as it's advantages? (outside of the larger mindshare, obviously :)

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jdpage | karma 320 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2014-11-12 17:45:25+00:00

Honestly, Mercurial is just better than Git -- the only reason I switched away from it is because Github. Constantly contemplating switching back.

lalaithion | karma 2153 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2019-05-14 15:06:20+00:00

I dunno, I recently switched from ~4 years of using git to mercurial, and I am finding mercurial massively easier to use.

jhasse | karma 2231 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2021-01-08 17:11:24

I've used Mercurial. It sucks compared to Git. And not because I can't use it on GitHub.

ForHackernews | karma 13152 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2020-09-12 22:20:19

Why? Git is such a worse, over-engineered experience.

Github won, so we're all forced to use git now, but mercurial is really a simpler interface and a more straightforward mental model.

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gareth5851 | karma 2 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2023-03-30 13:05:59

mercurial was essentially a more intuitive version of git. too bad it wasn't more widely supported.

vvpan | karma 1695 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2023-11-10 15:12:41

I probably should not have mentioned mercurial. I do not really know it anymore, but it is somewhat more UX focused than git. I think my original argument stands, especially considering the comments - too many ways to use Git, while most people need only basics.

andrewshadura | karma 1749 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2022-02-19 16:42:05

It's just because you've been using Git for too long. Mercurial is much easier to use if you're not exposed to Git.

sedatk | karma 4557 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2022-08-06 14:51:23

Git is confusing. Alternatives like Mercurial are way more intuitive and easier to use, but they lack popularity.

ma2rten | karma 7335 | avg karma 3.56 · | 2017-02-03 16:58:59+00:00

Mercurial is very similar to git but more user friendly.

mgd | karma 325 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2023-11-06 02:58:58

Is there a reason why they used Mercurial as opposed to git? Did it provide some benefit?

memorable | karma 16838 | avg karma 10.56 · | 2022-06-25 09:41:41

I agree with this. Mercurial is cool, but if you need to convert your Mercurial project to Git to push to GitHub, then it's a fucking pain.