VCS is an editing tool (in the sense of literary works). I can safely delete entire files, change the code base in crazy ways, etc -- all the things you do in

VCS is an editing tool (in the sense of literary works). I can safely delete entire files, change the code base in crazy ways, etc -- all the things you do in an early stage project -- without worrying I might lose something. I don't even understand "treat everything as a series of patches" as that's not really a VCS workflow unless you are Linus.