# Re: What's in git.git (stable) 2 messages from 2006-12-15 to 2006-12-15. Participants: Johannes Schindelin, Horst H. von Brand. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43186 ## Horst H. von Brand, 2006-12-15 00:15 Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable) Message-ID: <200612150015.kBF0F7vL004864@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200612150015.kBF0F7vL004864%40laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl In-Reply-To: ``` Johannes Schindelin 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. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-12-15 00:23 Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0612150121470.3635%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <200612150015.kBF0F7vL004864@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> ``` Hi, On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > Johannes Schindelin 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 ```