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🌶️ I think git vs mercurial is one of those tech standards where the lesser option won. Like VHS vs Betamax or JS vs everything-else.

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you’re right about the reason, for sure.
GitHub’s success was the nail in the coffin.
I used bitbucket instead of GitHub for a while since i preferred mercurial but they just couldn’t keep up.

momentum, and parallel adoption between hardcore linux devs and the ruby community. if mercurial had enamored devs into building a github-like experience it would have ended up the victor

https://github.com/o-az
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Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, etc.
I was mainly referencing NodeJS.

Yeah I appreciated mercurial’s UI.  It was way easier to use IMHO

I’ve use both and see more pros with mercurial including security

Agreed! Git's the clear winner in this case 🔥