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Pros and cons using Mercurial over Subversion

I'm starting a new project. I familiar with TortoiseSVN, and all its downsides. Shall I start using Mercurial instead? What are the pros and cons using Mercurial over Subversion?

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  • I enjoyed reading Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial. It has a chapter called Subversion Re-education which might be worth a read in your situation.

    Also there is a Mercurial client called TortoiseHg which is similar to TortoiseSVN. You might want to check out Bitbucket also. I have used it in a couple of school projects and it's pretty cheap and even with the free plan you get one private repository.

    The content of Mercurial: The Definitive Guide is available online, for free.