> I suppose utility rests on whether you treat it as a collaborative development platform or merely as a host for your code (and keep track of discussions, proposed changes, and what-not through other means).

They both naturally blend together. I honestly can't understand what is the difference between these two that you are thinking about.

> Essentially, whether or not it turns out to be useful assumes that it is used as the central collaboration platform to an extent.

This is the initial plan.

> Though on the other hand, merely tracking changes on a higher-level could be sufficient.

Some day we can implement a client side structural diff tool.