alt Hacker NewsI don't get git. Every time it's posted people gush about how git enables some super complicated workflow that I can't wrap my head around. I have a simple edit/undo workflow in my editor that has served me well for decades so I guess I don't understand...
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jychang • today at 8:34 AM
If you think about it, git is really just a big undo/redo button and a big "merge 2 branches" button, plus some more fancy stuff on top of those primitives.
myst • today at 9:53 AM
You haven’t helped anyone with this.
hansmayer • today at 11:32 AM
Who posts about git? Its one of those tools that just work and don´t need hype.
There is a limit to how far one needs to abstract personally.
I don't layer my utensils for example, because a spoon is fit for purpose and reliable.
But if I needed to eat multiple different bowls at once maybe I would need to.
For my personal use case, git is fit for purpose and reliable, even for complex refactoring. I don't find myself in any circumstances where I think, gosh, if only I could have many layers of this going on at once.