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Re:FreeBSD src repository has transitioned from Subversion t... by kergonath on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:12PM (#25533876)
You’re right, but missing the point. I know what commits and refs are. Every time someone says that the syntax is unnecessarily complicated, a lot of well-intentioned people react as if we did not know a thing about git. Some commands and manipulations are just very unintuitive and cumbersome.
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Re:FreeBSD src repository has transitioned from Subversion t... by User23 on Friday December 25, 2020 @03:47PM (#25538916)
I wonder if that's actually true. Nothing is stopping you or anyone else from releasing an entirely compatible new set of porcelain commands, and yet nobody has done so and gotten any traction. Also what do you mean by intuitive? Intuitive to someone who is trying to keep using CVS but with git, or intuitive to someone who actually understands the Git data model? Since it sounds like you're in the latter group, what would your ideal porcelain look like?
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