Can someone explain to me the fascination for git, despite the constant stream of "how to fix [insert various git issues]" articles showing it's very difficult to use, at least compared to the alternatives? Most people's work streams only need something as simple as hg, which would also save them a lot of time and hassle.

My personal impression is that it's a fashion thing (people think it's cool to waste a lot of time on git, because git is cool and fixing git problems feels like real work, because you're using your keyboard and all that), but maybe someone has a different perspective.