I mean, this can go both ways. "Git solves the problems I care about and any problem outside of that is a misuse of Git" versus what I'm stating.

> Seems like you are either mishandling git in your situation

It's not my fault that Git has become the standard for source control even though not all source is text-based. All the tools integrated with Git, like GitHub, diffing, merging, etc. are based upon text being the norm.

> There may be situations where the git defaults aren't ideal.

Certainly, and that's the point.