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Re:How to teach Git by rkangel on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:24PM (#18922733)
This makes a lot more sense when you realise that Linus thought he was building a low level tool that people would build a UI on top of. The 'original' git command line was more a proof of concept and engineering tool than something aimed at actual use.
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Re:How to teach Git by WorldMaker on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:35PM (#18922865)
Right, doing a search through the git mailing list for the use of the word "porcelain" is fascinating. It's unfortunate some of those "porcelain" projects never finished.
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Re:How to teach Git by mcguire on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:50PM (#18923027)
... because none of the power users used them.
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Re:How to teach Git by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:56PM (#18926380)
Heh. I think Linux on desktop it is like that, at least a bit; frequently, by the time someone could write a friendly GUI (or friendly CLI for that matter), they have little use for it.
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Re:How to teach Git by zbentley on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:05PM (#18928284)
That's a disturbingly insightful parable for everything from startups to linux/FOSS contributions.
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