Re: On the popularity of git [Was: Git question: when using branches, how does git treat working files when changing branches?]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:27:47 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Have you any theory for why git has become dominant, despite its clear
> demerits?

For the same reason MS Word has become dominant: it's a de-facto
standard, so you've got to use it, whether you like it or not.