[frenzcan]

I used Mercurial before switching to git. The positive difference from switching was how branches worked. I don’t know the technical details but branches on git felt “lighter” to use and maintain than with Mercurial.

[yomismoaqui]

Mercurial introduced bookmarks,it was something similar to git branches. But it was already too late, GitHub and Linus' weight did the rest.

[megapoliss]

Bookmarks was there, like in 2012, but no one bothered to read the docs, and everyone continue to use heavy, non removable branches.