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"Tim Visher" <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> However, there are some issues that I can't wrap my head around,
> such as how you can guarantee that all developers are working on the
> same code-base without a central repo.

You can't.  That's the point.

If developers wish to use a central repository and always to work
based on that, then they can.  But the tool doesn't enforce that.
<http://koweycode.blogspot.com/2008/11/iterative-commiting.html>
describes a common (IME) benefit.

[...]