I don’t have a lot of experience with git, but:
Pros:
- It’s really quick
- Local commits rock
- Quick to start a new repository (no configuration etc)
- github is easy to use
(I haven’t really “needed” the distributed side of things yet, beyond being able to have a local repository and push to a public one.)
Cons:
- Windows support is still lagging behind, I believe – and you can’t just use it from a normal command prompt
- Lack of IDE and Explorer integration
- It took me a while to find a good introductory text along the lines of the redbean book.
- The fact that “adding” a changed file only adds the contents at that point of time (so it can show up as staged for commit and still have modifications which require another
git add) took a while to grasp