> why is a SCM all that important? It's a central integration point for many workflows these days: code review, CI/CD, issue tracking, code quality metrics etc

> why is a SCM all that important? It's a central integration point for many workflows these days: code review, CI/CD, issue tracking, code quality metrics etc. If you don't use a standard SCM, you'll have to either do without those tools, or build an integration yourself.