You are too brainwashed by git.:) The bigger picture is that the project is trying to provide a better interface on top of the existing git data store. As some

You are too brainwashed by git.:) The bigger picture is that the project is trying to provide a better interface on top of the existing git data store. As someone who used darcs for a major project before Git dominated DVCS, there are much better user interfaces than what Git offers, and attempts to improve upon Git is a diversity to encourage. Unlike picking your own text editor, a whole team has to agree about the choice of DVCS, making it harder to try new ones. The beauty of a solution with a Git-compatible data store is it allows some people on the team to experiment with it while still collaborating with people using Git.