> Linus didn't set out to create git because of some missing features in svn, but because he wanted a fundamentally different tool. Whoa whoa whoa, hold up the

> Linus didn't set out to create git because of some missing features in svn, but because he wanted a fundamentally different tool. Whoa whoa whoa, hold up there. Linus isn't some VCS visionary, he didn't magic the idea of distributed VCS out of thin air. There were plenty of other DVCS out there at the time, he just built another one.