Re:Legit. Git for humans
by Fluxx on Sunday March 25, 2012 @02:10PM
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If you know what these commands are doing under the covers, these commands are a true time saver. If you don't know what these commands are doing, they're basically "magic" and in the hands of inexperienced developers could be harmful to their education on Git.
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Re:Legit. Git for humans
by kenneth_reitz on Sunday March 25, 2012 @02:31PM
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I completely agree. I hope to add a `verbose` mode that prints every git command that is being run under the covers.
It could be a good teaching tool perhaps?
Actually, a 'debug' or 'dry-run' mode that simply prints out the git commands without running them would be useful for all kinds of users. Newbies can learn from it and pros can make sure that the commands are going to do what they expect it to. With git, I know what each command does but my concern with legit (and similar) is that the higher level commands might not do exactly what I think based on their name/description.