If a project desires attracting contributors, it needs to reduce friction points as much as possible. Github is the code repository with which most developers are familiar. Once you contribute to one project on Github, you can more easily transfer that knowledge to contribute to a second project also hosted on Github then on other competing site, whether they use git or no.<p>Given the current situation, contrary to what the author affirms, important open source project <i></i>that wish to attract contributors<i></i> should <i>probably</i> use Github.