Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell

Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by wkjagt on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @08:25PM (#22304841)

> instead of the inside out

Now the name makes even more sense. I first read it as sh/git, but reading it as something that starts inside and slowly works its way out is now my preferred explanation of the name.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by orthoxerox on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:18AM (#22306334)

I am simultaneously revolted and fascinated with the brilliance of your explanation.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by sbergot on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:17AM (#22306918)

The name also plays well with the porcelain & plumbing metaphores of git.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by hyperpallium on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @04:29AM (#22307322)

metaphors. Not being pedantic, it just puzzled me a while to see what was wrong with that word.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by fouc on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @05:14AM (#22307559)

what do you get when you cross a metaphor and a semaphore? a metaphore

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by majewsky on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:00AM (#22307796)

So it's a metaphor that only a limited amount of people can use at any given time?

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by maw on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:33AM (#22310217)

I never sem a phore that I didn't like.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by brian_herman__ on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:59PM (#22311013)

lol

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by D-Coder on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:48PM (#22314920)

A semi-metaphor?

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by thih9 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:49AM (#22306779)

This comment looks like an offtopic pun to me and feels distracting.

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