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New users, was Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obvious

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 6, 2006, 13:32 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Give them a chance to get used to the concepts of Git.
> 
> Well, it would be best to teach them concepts of git along.
NOOOOO!

It might surprise you that most users are not at all interested in how Git works. They just want to use the thing. And we should not try to make life hard on them. Teach them what they have to know _as quickly as possible_ so that they can continue to work. They'll come back for more.

If you make it as complicated as Malbolge to them, you will never know you lost a happy camper, because they _will not tell you_!

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 19 of 38 in “git newbie problems”
  1. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  5. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  8. Daniel BarkalowDec 6, 2006
  9. Tom PrinceDec 6, 2006
  10. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  11. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  14. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  15. cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obviousJohannes Schindelin, Dec 6, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  18. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  19. New users, was Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obviousJohannes Schindelin, Dec 6, 2006
  20. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  21. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  22. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  23. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  24. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  25. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  26. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  28. Documentation: reorganize cvs-migration.txtJ. Bruce Fields, Dec 7, 2006
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2006
  30. J. Bruce FieldsDec 7, 2006
  31. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2006
  32. J. Bruce FieldsDec 7, 2006
  33. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2006
  34. J. Bruce FieldsDec 8, 2006
  35. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2006
  36. J. Bruce FieldsDec 9, 2006
  37. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  38. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006

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