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There's not a goddamn thing that's fundamentally wrong with git. My worthless 2c.

Sure there is. It's inscrutable and utterly non-discoverable. Even programmers need a dedicated Git expert on staff to help escape bad states. Non programmers are utterly helpless.

Also it fundamentally can't handle binary files well. This causes great pain.

It's from 2012, and some (but not all) of the things that are complained about here have been fixed, but Steve Benett's classic blog post verbalises all the problems I have with the git UI way better than I can, and is still quite valid:

https://stevebennett.me/2012/02/24/10-things-i-hate-about-gi...

I guess lots of things have barriers and might not be for everyone. Don't mean they're flawed. Also, git can't handle my laundry. That causes great pain.

That's fair. But tools used by everyone on a team should probably be, at least, for those captive users.

Right, but barriers that a high percentage of users experience means it's a flaw. This factor cannot be ignored.

Taken to the extreme your statement is essentially: "Git works for me and me only therefore it is flawless."

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