People said the same thing about “advanced” operations with cvs and svn (and just called their admin for p4 or source safe). But I really don’t understand the sentiment.

Managing code is one of the cornerstones of software engineering. It would be like refusing to learn how to use a screwdriver because someone really just wants to hammer things together.

The great thing about $your-favorite-scm is that it transcends language or framework choices and is fungible for early any project, even outside of software. I’m surprised it isn’t part of more professional tools.