Git fails often for the "basic" use cases. I won't lie. The number of options is intimidating for a beginner and one can easily get themselves into trouble. This is why there are Git guides and tutorials and UIs and they are all ultimately unsatisfying when you're a beginner.
However the use case discussed in this article is NOT a beginner use case. It is an advanced case and the fact that Git is an advanced tool that supports it (both natively with git-filter-branch, as the author found out, and ad-hoc-ly as was their original plan is a testament to the power of the system.
Tell me how you would better achieve the requirements that were the premise for this article in a different VCS?
Git fails often for the "basic" use cases. I won't lie. The number of options is intimidating for a beginner and one can easily get themselves into trouble. This is why there are Git guides and tutorials and UIs and they are all ultimately unsatisfying when you're a beginner.
However the use case discussed in this article is NOT a beginner use case. It is an advanced case and the fact that Git is an advanced tool that supports it (both natively with git-filter-branch, as the author found out, and ad-hoc-ly as was their original plan is a testament to the power of the system.
Tell me how you would better achieve the requirements that were the premise for this article in a different VCS?