> Git was designed the way it was for a reason, and some of us like it that way. For the record, the initial version of git was developed in haste as a replace

> Git was designed the way it was for a reason, and some of us like it that way. For the record, the initial version of git was developed in haste as a replacement for bitkeeper, after Larry McVoy (who shows up here on HN once in a while, and always has great posts) got a little aggressive about the licensing. BitKeeper was open-sourced a year or two back: https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm . I haven't had a chance to use it extensively yet, but I hear it still has a good selection of features that git either chose not to implement or didn't properly understand. Don't get me wrong, I think git is pretty great and have been one of its primary advocates over SVN, etc., at most companies I've worked with (I think 2013 was the first time I came on board a team that was already using it), but its history is informative. EDIT: upon scrolling, I see that Larry has already dropped by. Read his posts! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16806588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16806588