There's definitely a local "current state". Its just that there's no inherent concept of a central repository or source of truth. In practice most people use

There's definitely a local "current state". Its just that there's no inherent concept of a central repository or source of truth. In practice most people use it as if it does - the remote is "preferred". Which isn't such a bad thing if you know how to use branches and resolve conflicts properly. Best practice is to create a new branch for each feature, then create a PR into the proper branch. Early on in development it can be very chaotic as so much code is changing so quickly. No revision system is going make up for a lack of communication and division of responsibilities.