> the insignificance of this project is obvious to me > comparable to reinventing a wheel > many projects like this appear to get so much attention and end up

> the insignificance of this project is obvious to me > comparable to reinventing a wheel > many projects like this appear to get so much attention and end up on HN > Can anyone share some insight here? First the HN audience, its core is hackers and startups. These people have certain problems in common, and they are always on the lookout for ways to eliminate them. The hackers build things and the startup people do a lot of management and they are often one and the same. Secondly good version control is hard to use across a project without swamping new arrivals or accidentally breaking something. Git isn't good enough, but it is what we have. So like good hackers we take the first, see the second and try and produce something better. This is how we end up with lots of similar looking projects. Because they are solving real problems being faced by HN users they get upvoted until the comments discover some fatal flaw (leaky? prevents key conflict resolution?). This author reckons hes solved it, so he gives it the full treatment because it is worth a lot to have __actually__ solved it. If I could resolve git woes by handing a newbie a ten minute video I would be ecstatic. Remember, it is important to reinvent the wheel [1] though don't waste time on these projects unless you can see a way through. [1] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMyiLuKUwAA6l-V.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMyiLuKUwAA6l-V.jpg