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* you can pretend you don't need a proper sandboxing build system like Bazel, Buck etc. and stick to Make/CMake etc.
* you don't need to learn how to use sparse checkouts
It basically lets you avoid learning how to solve the problems you'll inevitably run into for a little while. Not a great reason, but it is a reason.
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* you can pretend you don't need a proper sandboxing build system like Bazel, Buck etc. and stick to Make/CMake etc.
* you don't need to learn how to use sparse checkouts
It basically lets you avoid learning how to solve the problems you'll inevitably run into for a little while. Not a great reason, but it is a reason.