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0 pointsfreehunter7y ago0 comments

Which is weird because with all of its inconsistencies, git must have been designed with the idea that someone would build a sensible shell over top of it. I can't imagine Linus expected people to interact directly with git when he built it.

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bassman90007y ago

git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems.

I use multiple IDEs/editors, and they all handle git differently. It doesn't make sense to learn yet another N sets of quirks.

Drdrdrq7y ago

> git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems.

Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not.

That said, I still use CLI precisely because I don't trust other software to make sensible abstractions on top of it, given that foundation is so inconsistent. Besides, those CI scripts only know git cli...

bassman90007y ago

> Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not.

> well known set of problems

that's precisely the well know set of problems. You learn them once, apply on every console. If each UI decides to overcome them differently, you end up with N+1 different behaviors.

I'd rather have only one set if inconsistent commands, than 3.

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umanwizard7y ago

Consistent in time. Those warts haven't changed much in the 7 or 8 years that I've been using git.

bgruber7y ago

this is precisely the case: http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/0873.html

voltagex_7y ago

OT: that's a blast from the past - http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/

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bassman90007y ago

git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems.

I use multiple IDEs/editors, and they all handle git differently. It doesn't make sense to learn yet another N sets of quirks.

Drdrdrq7y ago

> git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems.

Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not.

bassman90007y ago

> Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not.

> well known set of problems

that's precisely the well know set of problems. You learn them once, apply on every console. If each UI decides to overcome them differently, you end up with N+1 different behaviors.

I'd rather have only one set if inconsistent commands, than 3.

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umanwizard7y ago

Consistent in time. Those warts haven't changed much in the 7 or 8 years that I've been using git.

bgruber7y ago

this is precisely the case: http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/0873.html

voltagex_7y ago

OT: that's a blast from the past - http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/

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