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Yeah, but the question is whether a DAG is a good mental model for a VCS. Just because that's the underlying data structure doesn't mean it has to be the user i

• bachmeier 8y ago
  Exactly. This seems to be a point that the "Git is easy" crew doesn't understand. Not everyone (in fact, very few) find going into that depth for something that's nothing more than a tool to be reasonable. Reminds me of the Gentoo users that used to say compiling everything is a great idea for an OS.
  • jungler 8y ago
    I find that people understand "linearized" concepts easier than other kinds(DAGs included). When elements are left-to-right or top-to-bottom, you can read what is going on at a glance. So the next major step in VCS technology will most likely do something to help linearize our views and reduce the tangling that comes into play with any tree or graph structure.
    • __blockcipher__ 8y ago
      Don’t we already have that in some respects? a) Most people’s git workflow might as well be linear. b) rebasing a development branch onto master literally linearizes it Where git shines though of course is where you can’t get away witha linear model