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Git is the worst piece of software I actually use. It is impossible to use safely and without headaches unless (a) you only do the same, simple things every tim
by ljw1001 10y ago
Git is the worst piece of software I actually use. It is impossible to use safely and without headaches unless (a) you only do the same, simple things every time, or (b) you're an expert. And yet, pretty much all programmers have to use it every day.
- twic 10y agoThat might be a bit strong. But i'd agree that neither Linux nor Git are examples of good code as such - they're examples of adequate code implementing a difficult idea to produce something extremely useful.
- wglb 10y agoHave you tried it with magit?
- ljw1001 10y agoI haven't because I'm not an emacs user, but it seems to me to be very much in the right direction. As I didn't make clear in my original post, I've never seen the git source. When I say it sucks I mean strictly that the user interface sucks, so this kind of thing makes great sense to me.
- wglb 10y agoI understood you were addressing the terrifying user interface.