An interesting read! Scott Chacon, one of GitHub's cofounders, looks back on what led Git to win over its competition:

https://blog.gitbutler.com/why-github-actually-won/

Why GitHub Actually Won

How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.

GitButler
@kmartino this is especially fun given it intersects my own career trajectory with svn and git. When did propagate.rb finally die over there? 😆
@matschaffer yo! Yeah, it stuck around for a while!!!