Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git wiki

From: sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: May 3, 2006, 18:45 UTC
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On Wed, 3 May 2006 12:47:32 -0400 Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:

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> Of course, a lot of it is that git *is* much more powerful, much like
> the difference between a stickshift with a racing clutch (git) and a
> car with an automatic transmission (hg).  So maybe one thing that
> would help git would be a stronger emphasis of cogito for those
> projects that don't need the full power of using git "straight up".

The docs and higher-level user commands can still use some work, but telling people they have to install and learn an entire extra layer isn't going to win many converts. Personally I think Git needs a bit more polish and to stop thinking of itself as mostly plumbing. Even so Git really has become pretty good at making simple things simple:

init-db, add/rm, commit -a, status, show, log, gitk, diff, branch, checkout, clone, fetch/pull

The fact that it's faster, requires less disk space, and has all the lower level tools you need to do "complex stuff", should make it a tempting choice once the remaining rough edges are removed. But there is nothing inherently complex about Git.

Sean