Sure it did, yes. OTOH, the point here is that if facilities like this were available, tools like Git -- VCSes -- could be far simpler and easier to use, becau

Sure it did, yes. OTOH, the point here is that if facilities like this were available, tools like Git -- VCSes -- could be far simpler and easier to use, because a core part of the functionality they add is built into the filesystem. Disk space is less of an issue now. This is a server OS for big systems. Terabytes are cheap. All filesystems have issues. Remember, all software sucks: http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/