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Understanding the abstract model is exactly what people mean when they say this. It just happens that Git's implementation is incredibly close to the abstract m

by db48x 9y ago

Understanding the abstract model is exactly what people mean when they say this. It just happens that Git's implementation is incredibly close to the abstract model. This was particularly true in the beginning, before regiments such as pack files were introduced. Those regiments complicate the implementation somewhat, but haven't changed the abstract model at all.

db48x 9y ago
err, s/regiments/refinements/g. Thank you, autocomplete.
chii 9y ago
> Git's implementation is incredibly close to the abstract model which is exactly why a lot of people claim that git is shit. The fact that it "won" makes those people more angry.
- qb45 9y ago
  Oh well. OTOH, I'm a kind of guy who just must take everything apart before using it and I like the brutal simplicity of git ;) The naming of commands could be better, though.
- db48x 9y ago
  I've never seen anyone complain about Git on the grounds that it _isn't_ full of leaky abstractions.