[Laszlo-dev] Best 5 reasons to use Git instead of SVN?

[Raju Bitter]

Max, you have more experience with GitHub. Based on your experience,
what are the top reasons to use GitHub instead of SVN? The biggest
advantage to seems to be the ease and speed of switching between
branches, as well as the community around GitHub. But I'd like to hear
your opinion. And anyone else who has Git experience, comments are
welcome. How does Git compare to Mercurial? I've used used Mercurial,
and the concept seems to be more in line with what I know from SVN.