Re:Beej's Guide to Git
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:46PM
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No. Git is a complex program but version control is an inherently complex problem that requires powerful tools.
That's the thing. For most developers, it's not, and it doesn't. I have never needed a VCS that couldn't be wrapped in a few batch files like add.bat, get.bat, put.bat, diff.bat, merge.bat, and list.bat. You can do the same thing with git, of course, but just understanding enough about it to write the batch files practically takes a semester of study.
Unless your job is to maintain the Linux kernel, git is probably not the right tool for your job. But it 'won the source control war', so... git, it is.
That's the thing. For most developers, it's not, and it doesn't. I have never needed a VCS that couldn't be wrapped in a few batch files like add.bat, get.bat, put.bat, diff.bat, merge.bat, and list.bat. You can do the same thing with git, of course, but just understanding enough about it to write the batch files practically takes a semester of study.
Unless your job is to maintain the Linux kernel, git is probably not the right tool for your job. But it 'won the source control war', so... git, it is.