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by jayd16 3 hours ago
Git is great but if you really haven't found any reasons then you haven't looked at all. From large files to sub modules to hook permissions and file permissions... The list goes on and on about what where git falls short.

There's plenty of workarounds too, but that's what they are. Workarounds.

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Do you know if Jujutsu addresses these issues?
jj does not have large file or submodule support, but it does intend to in the future (you can read their design docs). Right now it's git compatible, so I'm not sure how 'permissions' would be stored compatibly, or what that means. I'm guessing ownership and xattrs