There's a plenty of better*-designed systems, problem is no one (except a few opinionated geeks) cares [enough] so they're unlikely to ever beat Git unless a mi

There's a plenty of better*-designed systems, problem is no one (except a few opinionated geeks) cares [enough] so they're unlikely to ever beat Git unless a miracle happens (aka a major industry leader will make something trendy by promoting it). For example, Darcs (older) and Pijul (newer) are based on patch theory, so Git's rebase issues are moot there. *) Of course, "better" is subjective.