Both are great, but for a beginner, I too feel that Mercurial is much easier to get started. You don't have to spend any time 'understanding' how it works, just 3-4 commands is all that it takes to use it.
> Mercurial will get a lower and lower percentage of the market place over time
Lots of big projects continue to use Hg, some even switching to it from Git (e.g. FB)
> Mercurial will get a lower and lower percentage of the market place over time
Lots of big projects continue to use Hg, some even switching to it from Git (e.g. FB)
https://hg.python.org/
https://hg.mozilla.org/
https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-merc...