Comment by gdxhyrd
5 years ago
Git model is simple.
What is complex is the hundred features and commands it provides on top of that model.
5 years ago
Git model is simple.
What is complex is the hundred features and commands it provides on top of that model.
> Git model is simple.
I strongly disagree.
Let's list just basic git concepts that you're likely to encounter fairly early on: the working tree, staged commits, branches, remotes, stashes, detached heads, tags, submodules, merge conflicts, squashed commits, fast-forwards, rebasing, cherry-picking.
Some of these you could choose to ignore - rebasing and submodules - but on the whole you need at least a cursory understanding of everything on that list to get by without a git angel to get you out of trouble. I still have a person I phone when anything out of the ordinary happens and I've taught git to other people!
You are confusing the model with the features built on top of that model.
Git is a great example of worse is better philosophy.
Thats exactly wHat GUIs are good for. Make infrequenlty used features and options accessible.
But GUIs for git usually do not provide access to all the features. They implement a very small subset that is just as easy to use from cmdline.
I'm also genuinely surprised that people use GUI for git. For merge I understand, but for all other tasks cmdline is easier and faster.