Not to diminish the argument, but other than diskspace, I really don't understand the downsides described here. I'm wondering, given the author was an early ado

Not to diminish the argument, but other than diskspace, I really don't understand the downsides described here. I'm wondering, given the author was an early adopter of Git, this is purely hipster syndrome. Everybody is using it, so it's not cool any more.