arch looks pretty impressive. I've made it part way thorough the tutorial and it seems to work as advertised. The commands are more understandable, as is the branch naming being related to the directory structure of repository.
One deficiency, which is probably just a configuration detail, is setting up a networked repository. The only safe method is sftp. Possibly ftp can be redirected over ssh?
One very nice feature is the use of a log file, instead of a log message. The tutorial suggests creating the log file before you start work and then add to the file as you make changes. Once you commit the log file is removed.
