I don't hate Git. I just don't understand the current opinion and would be glad if someone will base is for me, TIA.
Mercurial's biggest problem is how everything is based on extensions (and none of them is activated by default!!!). Even indispensable features like record, rebase and stash. I usually have to activate over dozen plugins just to get a base set of tools I need.
Also there's bookmarks to support git like 'lite' branching but it 's a PITA to use it as soon as there is more than 1 developer cause everyone needs to set it up, then everyone needs to remember that they aren't pushed/pulled by default etc. Anonymous branches are nice in theory but as soon as you publish them and accidentally the tip is your anonymous branch everyone who pulls will imperceptibly work on that branch and not on the actual master.
Configuring it involves manual editing while git-config provides a nice interface including auto-completion and you don't have to worry which file it goes to.
The only drawback I experienced is Windoze-specific. There you have TortoiseHg which makes work really nice while TortoiseGit lacks behind and msysgit is just a pain.
