Git was not originally meant as a VCS - it was meant to be a platform for other VCSs. For that reason, you can essentially write a wrapper on top of git to tur

Git was not originally meant as a VCS - it was meant to be a platform for other VCSs. For that reason, you can essentially write a wrapper on top of git to turn it into a centralized VCS that acts similarly to Perforce/SVN/etc., by enforcing a certain workflow that essentially eliminates merge conflicts. Of course, you lose a lot of the power of git when you do this (the same power that's responsible for many posts like these), but to cut a long story short: it's not an apples-to-apples comparison.