This is the kind of remark that always gets me downvotes. I couldn't agree more with your opinion about git. I guess the attraction of git comes mainly from the fact that most of its users are too inexperienced to know any better. And then, git makes any old random directory a “repository”. That's waaaay cooler than to have to get a repo from a central server and having to integrate your commits with it...

[Edit: Clarification]