Ugh. Certainly there are things that git could do better but reading this makes me want to run far away from Fossil and never look back.
You can argue about whether “the Unix philosophy” is best for specific tools like version control, and maybe you can argue that “the Unix philosophy” isn’t really about simple vs complex tools. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard nor would I think you could find evidence that the Unix philosophy is “it just works”. That claim makes me pretty certain that this is a tool I want to avoid at all costs. And the tone of the rest of this article confirms it.
My feeling as well. It's sad because Fossil underneath the covers is a lot like Git, but with a SQL RDBMS as the store. Fossil's design is much more powerful than Git's for that reason alone. But that super-opinionated attitude they have is a disaster. Run away.
You can argue about whether “the Unix philosophy” is best for specific tools like version control, and maybe you can argue that “the Unix philosophy” isn’t really about simple vs complex tools. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard nor would I think you could find evidence that the Unix philosophy is “it just works”. That claim makes me pretty certain that this is a tool I want to avoid at all costs. And the tone of the rest of this article confirms it.