Comment by compiler-guy
7 years ago
The fact web pages like this exist, and are popular, and make it to the top of Hacker News is all you need to know about git's ease-of-use and mental model.
That Perforce and SVN don't get such things should also tell you something.
(Which isn't to hate on git--it's a great tool.)
Threads like this are a nice reminder of how nice it is to use Perforce. There's no such thing as getting yourself into a bad situation. Not even for artists or designers.
Git has eleventy million blog posts trying to explain how simple it is to use. That's a clear sign that it is, in fact, not simple or easy.
Reminds me of all articles attempting to explain how simple monads are
The SVN and P4 articles exists (just google for "svn mistakes" and "perforce p4 mistakes"), but either 1. nobody is sharing them to HN or 2. they do and nobody cares to vote them up.
Unrelated topic (falling cats), same logical fallacy: http://www.radiolab.org/story/102525-vertigo/ (Starting around 14:20)
“Nobody submits them, or nobody cares to vote them up.”
That should tell you something: these articles don’t resonate with the crowd. That should tell you something.
I take your original comment as an indictment that git is somehow broken by design. Which sure, you're entitled to an opinion, but to bring up SVN in the same breath is absurd.
That's why I replied.
I can't really address p4 because I haven't used it for any real world use cases. Only to prepare for an interview. With that limited use, I can't come with any reason to think it's superior.
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