ok, I totally Git it now

light weight, fast branches. easy merging. seriously.




This is the example that has me convinced. I don't know how much the details of this chapter make sense if you haven't read the previous two chapters, but take a look and you'll see it's a compelling use case.

Git Basic Branching and Merging

What's even cooler is you can use git as a front end to a live, active SVN repository.
http://www.viget.com/extend/effectively-using-git-with-subversion/