From: sean Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 18:45:22 GMT Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git wiki Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20060503164732.GB9820@thunk.org> On Wed, 3 May 2006 12:47:32 -0400 Theodore Tso wrote: > 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