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>Which reinforces the position that git should have stayed a Linux kernel specific DVCS No it doesn't? People use octopus merges all the time, every single day

• pjmlp 9y ago
  Well, I only get blank stares when I mention octopus merges around here.
  • btschaegg 9y ago
    ...as I get stares (okay, mostly of fear) if I point out that we need a branch in my workplace. What you can/can't do (sanely) with your tool shapes how you think about its problem space. To emphasize that even more: Try to explain the concept of an ML-style sum type (i.e. a discriminated union in F#) to someone who only knows languages with C++-based type systems. You'll have a hard time to even explain why this is a good idea, because they will try to map it to the features they know (i.e. enums and/or inheritance hierarchies), and fail to get the upsides.
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      Easy, is is called std::variant, available since C++17.
      • btschaegg 9y ago
        Yeah, I guess. Except that std::variant is basically a glorified C union with all the drawbacks that entails.