Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated?

Re:Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated? by mic47 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @03:36PM (#23671447)

> Git is so pervasive in software development that I think you will be at a disadvantage if you give up on it.

I would call BS on this. Yes, git is pervarsive, but if you learn alternative tool (mercurial, perforce, even svn), you will find that learning git (at least for being productive on team that uses git) is straightforward.

Also, haven't seen a company that actually tried during interviews ti figure out if you know how to use git or not.

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Re:Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated? by majewsky on Sunday June 28, 2020 @03:45PM (#23671498)

Disagree. I learned Git after working with SVN for years. Knowing SVN put me at no advantage whatsoever. If anything, I had to actively get SVN habits out of my brain to make the most out of Git (e.g. SVN trains you to avoid branches because their merging is a hot mess, but in Git, branches are everywhere).

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Re:Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated? by mic47 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @03:58PM (#23671589)

But you were able to be productive on those projects with git, even if you didn't use it optimally, or to full extend, right?

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Re:Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated? by majewsky on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:29AM (#23675590)

Sure, but that's moving the goalposts so much that you're invalidating your entire premise.

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