[gavinray]

Then replace git with "rsync" or "borg. But I don't see how running "git init" in a directory you have "days of work" accumulated in is a sticking point.

Git is a convenient implementation detail.

The core loop of "watch a directory for changes, create a delta-only/patch-based snapshot" has been a solved few-liner in bash for a long time...

[virgildotcodes]

Something something Dropbox

There are a huge number of people coming into agentic coding with no real background in software dev, no real understanding of git, and even devs with years of experience will readily reach for convenience and polish even when they could otherwise implement it themselves, see: Vercel's popularity.