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Well, git sucks a lot, but switch to CVCS instead? No way.

I actually like git, a lot. Far more than SVN. If git sucks, are you saying all VCS are broken? Or do you have an alternative?

I never said git sucks, its actually quite powerful; but with the power comes added complexity that for most is not worth it

There are more and more devs who have only worked with git. For them, they will find svn complex. They'll be used to using branches and svn will get in their way.

Git is complex for you. The mistake you're making is in not realising that's not universally true.

A very good point, and something I've considered. You might just be right and I'm just getting old and crotchety :)

I still see git requiring more commands for simple tasks and the model of what is happening has more moving parts (more complex). This gives git the ability to do a lot more, but my thought is for the majority you don't need the more.

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