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People who want the source code but don't have `git`. It's also why downloading as a ZIP is also an option.

People who want the source code, don't have git, and won't get git in order to get the source code, sounds like the empty set. Though zip makes me think of windows, so maybe over there. The world of perforce.

Why?

I don't need git for my local personal use of the software, but I do need the source code if I need to modify the software.

Some people even downloaded source code even before git existed.

You need a compiler and a bunch of other build tools. Why not git?

What about people who don't have Git and want to build it from source?

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