From: Carl Baldwin Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:24:29 GMT Subject: Re: [Census] So who uses git? Message-ID: <20060131152429.GA26817@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Its difficult to explain because it breaks away from the precedent set by other SCMs. I wouldn't call it a show-stopper for this reason. In fact, some who have wrapped their heads around the concept might call it a valuable feature. I, myself, have found it a handy thing in certain circumstances. In other circumstances I simply bypass it by adding -a to the command-line. This doesn't fit my definition of a show-stopper. Carl On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:27:34AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Carl Baldwin wrote: > > > In general, I think it is grasping the reason for the index file and how > > git commands like git-commit and git-diff interact with it. > > IMHO this is the one big showstopper. I had problems explaining the > concept myself. > > For example, I had a hard time explaining to a friend why a git-add'ed > file is committed when saying "git commit some_other_file", but not > another (modified) file. Very unintuitive. > > Ciao, > Dscho > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Carl Baldwin RADCAD (R&D CAD) Hewlett Packard Company MS 88 work: 970 898-1523 3404 E. Harmony Rd. work: Carl.N.Baldwin@hp.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 home: Carl@ecBaldwin.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -