This is a little confusing to me. Isn't the main reason why people use (neo)vi(m) that they reject the Emacs approach of merging everything into the editor (i.e

This is a little confusing to me. Isn't the main reason why people use (neo)vi(m) that they reject the Emacs approach of merging everything into the editor (i.e. integration over separation)? So, if you're going to give up on your desire for disintegration, why not just switch to Emacs and use Evil to get emulation of the vim modal interface? Then, you're getting the original, fully-functional, non-WIP Magit, plus a more featureful extension ecosystem and a more robust scripting language besides. Am I missing something?