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> git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems. Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checko

> git has its problems, but it's a consistent, centralized (in the sense of origin/repo), well known set of problems. Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not. That said, I still use CLI precisely because I don't trust other software to make sensible abstractions on top of it, given that foundation is so inconsistent. Besides, those CI scripts only know git cli...

umanwizard 8y ago
Consistent in time. Those warts haven't changed much in the 7 or 8 years that I've been using git.
bassman9000 8y ago
> Consistent? Ha! Change branch: git checkout my-branch. Reset file to committed version: git checkout -- my-file. Git is many things, but consistent it is not. > well known set of problems that's precisely the well know set of problems. You learn them once, apply on every console. If each UI decides to overcome them differently, you end up with N+1 different behaviors. I'd rather have only one set if inconsistent commands, than 3. edit:formatting