Interesting perspective. But I wouldn't say I want to use git because I want to branch and merge. I would prefer all history to be linear -- it's just not alway

Interesting perspective. But I wouldn't say I want to use git because I want to branch and merge. I would prefer all history to be linear -- it's just not always possible. My main draw toward git is just for keeping track of past versions along with comments describing the changes (that's what I see as "the story" as you put it). It's nice to know I have merging tools available to help me if I get stuck in such a situation, but I would prefer to never have to merge anything.