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There are so many articles because there are a lot of people out there that really like git. It's like cutting meat with a spoon and then you are given a knife. Everyone is complaining about how you can cut yourself or how two sides of the knife but only one is sharp is confusing but once you know how to use it it is a game changer with respect to actually cutting meat. There are a lot of people passionate about cutting meat.

It's not really that hard to learn btw. There are some esoteric things that can be tricky but the Svn workflow can be learned in a day or two tops.