What is the Difference Between Mercurial and Git?

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  5. Merging: Hg/Git vs. SVN
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  7. git push to multiple repositories simultaneously [duplicate]
  8. Locking binary files using git version control system
  9. Hg: How to do a rebase like git’s rebase
  10. Transferring legacy code base from cvs to distributed repository (e.g. git or mercurial). Suggestions needed for initial repository design [closed]
  11. Getting started with Version Control System
  12. What makes merging in DVCS easy?
  13. How does git track source code moved between files?
  14. Diffing between two entire directories/projects in hg or git?
  15. How do I discard unstaged changes in Git?
  16. Why do I need to explicitly push a new branch?
  17. Committing Machine Specific Configuration Files
  18. What does “Git push non-fast-forward updates were rejected” mean?
  19. What are the differences between local branch, local tracking branch, remote branch and remote tracking branch?
  20. Does deleting a branch in git remove it from the history?
  21. Git non-fast-forward rejected
  22. Why is “origin/HEAD” shown when running “git branch -r”?
  23. how do you push only some of your local git commits?
  24. Mercurial (and, I guess Git) with Dropbox: any drawbacks?
  25. Sharing rerere cache
  26. How to sync changes on my local server with the ones on the remote one without commiting?
  27. Git: Ignore files for public repository, but not for private
  28. Where does a Git branch start and what is its length?
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  30. git svn workflow – feature branches and merge

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