[drewmclellan]

The very first sentence is why Git is not the new FTP:

> First, create a directory on your server and initialize an empty git repository.

The number of people who deploy sites via FTP who also have SSH access and the ability to install Git on their hosting is small. Most people deploying to the web do not control their own servers.

[Sunlis]

I almost got kicked off of my old shared host for installing Java on my machine after I faxed them a copy of my driver's license to get SSH access. Got myself a shiny new VPS a few months ago and haven't looked back. I can finally do things I could only dream about with the shared host.