The reason I did use them together for a few years is when I bought a new computer or went between two computers under the same iCloud Drive account I could pickup exactly where I left off in my development work without even thinking about it. Obviously, due to the issues it's not worth it though.

Hi, original author here. In my case it's not that I want to use git. I just need a way to see which files got changed. At least until I can move the last ones out. I still rely on one app that only syncs via iCloud Drive.

You can make a local git repo without having a remote server. Then they’re backing it up off site with iCloud.