I've had managers tell me this when we've had to cut over from SVN to git. Maybe it's true for them... For me out on the pointy end of the spear, it's not hard

I've had managers tell me this when we've had to cut over from SVN to git. Maybe it's true for them... For me out on the pointy end of the spear, it's not hard to bring that history across, you just have to know how to do it, and it's invaluable when you're trying to figure out bugs.