I have several repos of text-file based validators that members of the public contribute to. They don't understand git, so it's handy to be able to edit on the website.
Git has a super high learning curve for simple edits...
Git has a super high learning curve for simple edits...
See for more information https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/47307 and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46122 for example in how we are improving this starting with 11.1
Git, like God, is good :) But even, over time, God has evolved and gotten more accessible.
The Web IDE thing is something more sophisticated.