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Comment by anton_gogolev

7 years ago

If by "designed" you mean "picking a content-addressable DAG as an underlying data structure", then yes, it is really beautiful. If you mean "provide a sane level of abstraction over said data structure", then hell no!

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jimktrains2  7 years ago

I think git provides a sane level of abstraction.

I don't think it provides the most consistent UI or helpful help, though. Once you move away from "learning git commands" to "learning how git works" and kind of figuring out which parts the commands refer to has helped also. That's still terrible though.

  • lmm  7 years ago

    Most of the abstraction is fine. The staging area model is a total mess though. The way that staging interacts with other commands (e.g. stash) is constantly surprising.

    • jefurii  7 years ago

      Git stage is "These are the things I'm planning to do", and git commit is "OK now do these things". Lots of carpenters draw plans before they start cutting but we don't think that's so hard do we?

      I had trouble with Git until I discovered "git add -p".

      I'll grant that Git could do with a revision of its commands and args.

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  • lhuser123  7 years ago

    > I don't think it provides the most consistent UI

    That reminded a video where Linus Torvals is been interviewed and he says that if he ever have to make good UI to get out of a desert island, he would die there.

  • revmoo  7 years ago

    I find the only people who find Git to be confusing or frustrating are the ones that try to adopt complex workflows. I've taught marketing and creatives to use Git with no issues.