The type of version control system (Git vs SVN vs CVS vs Mercurial) used would likely not have much impact while working within a single lab environment (with one or two coders). I started thinking more about this when moving some of my more "public" code from an SVN-based Unfuddle over to GitHub. Git is more suited when working in a larger group, and then there are the concept or forking/pulling is great. The only thing stopping me from moving wholesale is the pricing option for private repos (Unfuddle is free). I also like that Bioconductor can bridge its SVN repo with Github (so I can share my code easily as well) and I also enjoy the whole user experience of the site.
As for now, I'm on both. I'm thinking of moving my private repos to BitBucket, which supports Git and Mercurial. The ability to work with a local repo (Git) while on the road is very useful.
Some further self-reading : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871/why-is-git-better-than-subversion
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