Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why do people need more than git to manage dotfiles?

Ask HN: Why do people need more than git to manage dotfiles?
I've been putting my whole home folder under git for almost a year [1]. I haven't seen any other repos on GitHub with a similar layout. Why do people rely on GNU Stow and other complicated tools to essentially do what git does? I haven't noticed any performance problems with just using git. edit: after posting this I found another article [2] which essentially argues the same thing but I'm curious to hear arguments against this. [1] https://ift.tt/Ke59IPO [2] https://ift.tt/KjXhEW7 6 comments on Hacker News.
I've been putting my whole home folder under git for almost a year [1]. I haven't seen any other repos on GitHub with a similar layout. Why do people rely on GNU Stow and other complicated tools to essentially do what git does? I haven't noticed any performance problems with just using git. edit: after posting this I found another article [2] which essentially argues the same thing but I'm curious to hear arguments against this. [1] https://ift.tt/Ke59IPO [2] https://ift.tt/KjXhEW7