I think it stems from the lack of experience with actually having to backport/revert non-trivial code changes in a large repository used by many people. For mos

I think it stems from the lack of experience with actually having to backport/revert non-trivial code changes in a large repository used by many people. For most engineers version control is just seen as a mechanism to collect credit for ones work. It's only when you get into these thorny situations do you appreciate the power of git.