Part of the problem with git is that too much of the metadata around a repository (config, heads, remotes, branches, tracking etc) is stored in separate little

Part of the problem with git is that too much of the metadata around a repository (config, heads, remotes, branches, tracking etc) is stored in separate little files somewhere in '.git' This critical state of the repository should itself be version controlled so changes can be examined and rolled back in a clean consistent manor. Git has a reflog so experts can go dig around for the stuff you lost. Imagine if git were more like 'nix'. (that last statement might not help my argument for some of you ;-) Read the various stores of git blunders in this thread with the idea in our head about how it would be different with this change.