> Unless you need branches (and merge them),
I use svn to merge branches every day. I do agree that git is probably more useful for more complicated setups, but svn is very capable of branching and merging.
> I use svn to merge branches every day.
Has it gotten any better with conflicts? From what I heard a few years ago, it's still absolutely shocking (if two people touch the same file you can forget about merging your branch).
Yes it is. SVN is so "simple" because it doesn't have many of the features needed by large teams working on code. It's simply not fit for purpose.
> Just use SVN (it works on git repo).
Unless you need branches (and merge them), code that doesn't get silently corrupted, a proper history of all changes, the ability to work offline without connecting to a server. Y'know, the problems that git was built to solve.