Re: Our official home page and logo for the Git project

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 11, 2014, 18:56 UTC
Message-ID: <53483ac0be5d5_937adb308e2@nysa.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <40FDE1FF-780F-46E1-A5AA-57D53D6D1C87@quendi.de>

Max Horn wrote:

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> On 11.04.2014, at 17:21, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Max Horn wrote:
> >> On 11.04.2014, at 15:29, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Max Horn wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> You don't think red represent an oldness in Git? Whereas green
> >>> represents progress?
> >> 
> >> No, I don't think that.
> > 
> > Then you belong to the minority of Git users. Those of us that see
> > patches day and night, red is old, green is new.
> 
> Hasty generalization.

You don't know what a hasty generalization is. If you want me to explain it to you, send me a personal e-mail, you are polluting the discussion enough as it is.

> Come back when you have facts, as opposed to the illusion that you are the
> spokesperson of the (apparently silent) majority of Git users.

Facts:

1) A hunk that removed (-) is represented in red [1]
2) A hunk that added (+) is represented in green [1]
3) A file that is removed is represented in red [2]
4) A file that is added or modified is represented in green [2]
5) A test that fails is represented in red [3]
6) A test that succeeds is represented in green [3]
7) The current Git logo (accordo to some people) has "-" in red, "+" in green [4]

Given these facts, it's reasonable to assume that to the majority of Git users red is old and bad, green is new and good.

[1] http://ubuntuone.com/0lxzuxY2b59OEdDK5EOvfi [2] http://media.smashingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/git1_4_git-status.gif [3] http://felipec.org/git-tests.png [4] https://plus.google.com/112500102483798323902/posts

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Felipe Contreras