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> it expects source code in `src` like most C/C++ projects anyway

In C/C++ there's no expectation of the code being anywhere.

> Because it's the [VCS] used by most projects.

I don't see how a VCS being popular is a reason to require it. It's not even "essentially all projects", just "most projects".

> I don't see how a VCS being popular is a reason to require it [...]

Neither do the authors of cargo:

`cargo new --vcs none`

> In C/C++ there's no expectation of the code being anywhere.

That's not what I said. I said that most project do it this way anyway, regardless of any expectations. So who cares?

> I don't see how a VCS being popular is a reason to require it.

It is not required.