> Syncing files with FTP is pretty much at the same conceptual level as "Use Dropbox". I disagree. My mom loves Dropbox -- she just sticks a file in a folder l

> Syncing files with FTP is pretty much at the same conceptual level as "Use Dropbox". I disagree. My mom loves Dropbox -- she just sticks a file in a folder like she always does and it's magically synced. If she were to use FTP, she'd have to set up a server, remember login credentials or find her public key, and grab an FTP client. And not every client supports automatic syncing either, so she might have to manually trigger a sync. Of course, FTP has way more power and flexibility than Dropbox, just like git vs <proposed VCS>. If your workflow is especially complicated, I'm sure all the git functionality comes in handy and an abstraction would be a hindrance. But most workflows, I'd argue, don't need all the plumbing.