[jshen]

Write down the steps required to merge changes from 5 different people using your method. Now what are the steps using something like github without the web interface?

There is a big difference.

[vog]

> Write down the steps required to merge changes from 5 different people

This thread (and hence the comment) was about archiving a repository, not about merging it.

[jshen]

The original post was not about archiving only. To argue that archiving is easy, and ignore the other needs, seems to miss the point.