I would almost argue source control period isn't for the non-technical user, but I could see some fringe cases where training non-techies to use it would be use

I would almost argue source control period isn't for the non-technical user, but I could see some fringe cases where training non-techies to use it would be useful. But git is DEFINITELY not for the non-technical user. Edit: Just to be clear, as a technical user, I love git.