Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyday Git

Re:Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyd... by logicallee on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:15AM (#12829608)

This is a very useful comment.

I think the same could be said about C. It should not be put on the throne of "programming language" - you need to actually read and understand what it does internally. (pointers etc) - it's not enough to learn some incantations.

So then let me ask: is there a room for x, where git:x::C:python (git is to x, as C is to Python).

People everywhere deserve to have x. Not just right-clicking a file in Dropbox or OS X for previous versions, but a full commandline and detailed history including commit messages, and many other aspects of git.

In a way this is completely orthogonal to your comment, just as Python is to C.

EDIT: I've thought more about it and I no longer agree. The "language" presented here is a subset of C/C++ - not everything is mentioned or taught: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage

It is in fact exactly this type of simplified subset. Not even malloc and free are mentioned... So while what you wrote is true for this audience (HN) there is room to learn less or a subset.

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Re:Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyd... by nothrabannosir on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:19AM (#12829626)

Mercurial. I'm not being flippant; the UX is light years ahead in terms of accessibility to newcomers to dvcs. With a ui like tortoisehg, even five years ago, someone without any prior experience in any vcs at all could become productive after a fifteen minute primer. Git does not compare.

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Re:Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyd... by isxek on Sunday October 30, 2016 @12:25PM (#12830627)

It also makes sense, I think, considering that Git consists of small tools interacting with each other, while Hg is written as a whole application/system by itself, which can then be extended as needed.

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Re:Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyd... by erikb on Sunday October 30, 2016 @04:55PM (#12832205)

Yes, I believe as well there should be an assessible solution and that should be the standard. However in this case there is none, since weirdly enough git is sitting on the throne. You can try to establish other tools like mercurial in some projects, but you may end up getting harsh resistance by exactly the people you try to serve with that option.

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