>>May we simple agree there is more then one way to skin the Fox? If one is stubborn hard nosed enough the whole IDE is a bit superfluous.
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>My test is that it shouldn't take more time to install and learn a tool than you save over time by using it.

This is something you can hardly decide in front. Learning git takes an eternity, but it pays back - over the next eternity. So where will you break even?

Finally it's a gut feeling anyway.

I would agree that dealing more with the tools then with the product is wrong.