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Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation

From
Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2021, 20:42 UTC
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<60ef404076d18_9578a2089a@natae.notmuch>
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
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> Sergey Organov wrote:
>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>> > Sergey Organov wrote:
>> >> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> >> > Compound operations soon become basic operations in the mind of an
>> >> > expert.
>> >> >
>> >> > Lifting your feet, and then landing your feet might be basic operations
>> >> > when you are 1 yo, but soon enough they become "walking".
>> >> 
>> >> [caveat: please don't take the rest of this post too seriously]
>> >> 
>> >> Yeah, using another name for a compound is yet another option indeed.
>> >> "git cretching"?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> This is very questionable example. Please don't let me even start on
>> >> this.
>> >
>> > You don't need to validate the concept, but chunking is an established
>> > concept in cognitive pshychology [1]. It's how humans learn (and
>> > possibly machines too).
>> 
>> The urdge to dive into the muddy waters of psychology to support your
>> example, where pure logic should probably have sufficed, makes the
>> example only even more suspect.
>
> Suspect to you, maybe, not to anyone who works in the teaching industry,
> where this concept is well understood and accepted.
Well, if you've replied to them, then I'm sorry.
To me your particular example:
>>> Similarly checking out a commit and then cherry-picking a sequence
>>> of commits while resolving conflicts becomes "rebasing".
remains controversial; concepts or no concepts.
Thanks,
-- 
Sergey Organov
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  2. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2021
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  7. MartinJul 1, 2021
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  10. Sergey OrganovJul 7, 2021
  11. What actually is a branch?Felipe Contreras, Jul 7, 2021
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  13. MartinJul 7, 2021
  14. Felipe ContrerasJul 8, 2021
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  23. switch requires --detach [[Re: What actually is a branch]]Martin, Jul 9, 2021
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  38. Naming the --forec option [[Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation]]Martin, Jul 10, 2021
  39. Felipe ContrerasJul 10, 2021
  40. MartinJul 11, 2021
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  87. Felipe ContrerasJul 8, 2021
  88. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2021
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  90. Sergey OrganovJul 1, 2021
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