I like a lot of things about git over svn... the 'distributed' nature actually _isn't_ one of them, I think a canonical source location is about the only sane way to manage distributed software development.
However, I think it's the distributed nature that leads to the much more powerful branch/merge functionality, which IS top on my list?
(Git's UI is also not one of the things I like the best. It is a mess, indeed. Yes, because it was not originally intended as an end-user UI. So what, it is the end-user UI anyway, and it's a kind of ridiculously confusing and inconsistent one).
However, I think it's the distributed nature that leads to the much more powerful branch/merge functionality, which IS top on my list?
(Git's UI is also not one of the things I like the best. It is a mess, indeed. Yes, because it was not originally intended as an end-user UI. So what, it is the end-user UI anyway, and it's a kind of ridiculously confusing and inconsistent one).