Eclipse's abstract/generic VCS interface is pretty nice to use and there's a nice virtual file system layer that makes reifying the history of a file as distinc

Eclipse's abstract/generic VCS interface is pretty nice to use and there's a nice virtual file system layer that makes reifying the history of a file as distinct entries pretty straight forward, but Eclipse is a taboo in the modern ecosystem of half-assedness. (Plus I admit that there's somewhat of a learning curve to the PDE.)