git is "the stupid content tracker", not "the stupid merge tool". Even for things you have no intention of branching or merging, it still gives you control ove

git is "the stupid content tracker", not "the stupid merge tool". Even for things you have no intention of branching or merging, it still gives you control over versioning... and there's a huge gap between the level of control a hash tree gives you versus trusting some remote server to consistently give you the same file when you give it the same request.