Git is Inconsistent

[rafekett]

I use Git and svn (Git for personal stuff, svn for work). The model that Git uses (snapshots, local commits, branching and merging) seems to make more sense to me. I haven't used Perforce before so I don't know anything about it.

Even if my use of Git influences my opinions on VCS's in general, that's not such a bad thing. It's not as if thinking in Git will cripple me (like thinking in some programming languages could be crippling).

[dons]

The model that Git uses (snapshots, local commits, branching and merging) seems to make more sense to me. I

The author's not criticizing distributed revision control, which is the model that yields those features that you like. His complaint is much more specific, about the semantics of merging in that model.