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Did you read the end? ;)

""" I'm sorry for recommending software with a confusing interface. But you'll be spending a lot of time with it; it's worth getting over the initial hurdle of confusion. """

Note that I call it the "initial hurdle". I know both systems very well, and Mercurial gets in my way far, far more than Git.

git's interface isn't terribly intuitive, but it isn't that bad. Once you get the hang of it, it makes sense.

I really don't follow this argument. git's interface is a giant turd. I've been using it for months, and it still hasn't stuck, no matter what tutorials I read. The normal workflow needs far too many commands and special options, local vs. remote branching seems to do weird things, and the error messages are completely obtuse.

not all guis are made equal, depends which is being used to how good or bad it is. I use gitx on osx (http://gitx.frim.nl/), other than the lack of a 'push' button its spot on, simple to use and powerful.

Yeah, I too thought the logic of that statement was completely back asswords.