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Re: What's in git.git (stable)

Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable)

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Horst H. von Brand· Dec 15, 2006, 00:15 UTC · lore

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote:

[...]

> > "newbie" doesn't mean "idiot".  Everybody wants to understand what is 
> > going on.

> I heartly disagree. I saw so many faces _begging_ me to just say _what_ to 
> do, not _why_, and quickly, please.

So? This is meant to be a /tool/. Not wanting to know how it works doesn't make one an idiot, it is just economy.

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Johannes Schindelin· Dec 15, 2006, 00:23 UTC · re: Horst H. von Brand · lore

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > "newbie" doesn't mean "idiot".  Everybody wants to understand what is 
> > > going on.
> 
> > I heartly disagree. I saw so many faces _begging_ me to just say _what_ to 
> > do, not _why_, and quickly, please.
> 
> So? This is meant to be a /tool/. Not wanting to know how it works doesn't
> make one an idiot, it is just economy.

My thoughts exactly.

And I did not want to force understanding onto the users. Heck, I even know people who use git and do not know about the index! They don't need to, either.

Ciao, Dscho