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Re:Git-SIM: Visually simulate Git operations in your own rep... by counttheforks on Sunday January 22, 2023 @02:04PM (#34481032)
Terrible advice, you should absolutely start with the official UI, which is the CLI. Avoiding it because "it's hard" will just complicate everything down the line.
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Re:Git-SIM: Visually simulate Git operations in your own rep... by IshKebab on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:01PM (#34483241)
When teaching children to read do you give them Encyclopedia Britannica? Of course not.
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Re:Git-SIM: Visually simulate Git operations in your own rep... by counttheforks on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:52AM (#34488680)
I'd hope developers learning Git are a little more capable than literal children.
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Re:Git-SIM: Visually simulate Git operations in your own rep... by IshKebab on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:17AM (#34500478)
I wasn't saying otherwise. It's an analogy. In case you struggle with those, in non-analogy form it would be "Do you start teaching a new concept using its most advanced incarnation?" No, you start from the basics.
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