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Same story here. I learned both Git and HG circa 2007 and decided HG had a more pure DVCS model. I still believe that's the case and still use HG. When I interact with GitHub I use hg-git. Long time Git users: I strongly encourage you to try Mercurial.

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Every time I try HG, I find that to do what I want I have to get a bunch of plugins. When I use a VCS, I want to know that I'm using the same commands as everyone else, so that we are all speaking the same language.

Most of the git commands I use are about as straight forward and simple as they could be. If ever I manage to screw something up, the archeology commands I end up using are obtuse, but it's rare that I need them. And I'm glad they are there when I do.

Are they plugins that you just enable in the conf file? If so, all extensions that ship with mercurial are fully supported features. They just disable parts of the cli that can be dangerous or are less commonly used.

If you are having to download 3rd party extensions, then that's a different problem.

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