I expanded on it more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601600 TDLR is: people feel safer when they ca

I expanded on it more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601600 TDLR is: people feel safer when they can see that their original work is safe, while just making a new branch and playing around there is safe in 99% of the cases, people are more willing to experiment when you isolate what they want to keep.