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Re:JetBrains: $270M revenue, 405K paying users, $0 raised by mehrdadn on Sunday December 15, 2019 @09:33PM (#21800407)
I think you missed the part that said "without checking out any files"?
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Re:JetBrains: $270M revenue, 405K paying users, $0 raised by debaserab2 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:47PM (#21800872)
Why would checking out files matter? What exactly do you think the GUI is doing underneath the hood?
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Re:JetBrains: $270M revenue, 405K paying users, $0 raised by mehrdadn on Monday December 16, 2019 @12:01AM (#21800917)
Because it messes with your work tree. See here for a longer response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21800524
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