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I would argue that your SCM tool should be less like a compiler that just needs to get out of your way and just do it's job how you expect it and more like a text editor. Do you use emacs or vim, which have learning curves but are powerful and help you ultimately do your job much better and more efficiently? Or do you use Notepad, which just edits text and who cares? I think most developers prefer Emacs or Vim or even an IDE. You invest time in a more complex tool so that you can be a better developer.

That being said, I think this will be useful for a lot of less-techy designers or copy-editors or QA people, etc. People who can just open stuff in Notepad because they don't need to craft code.