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>It helps to actually read the documentation, to go through a few tutorials and to generally play around with Git. Yeah, that's the problem. People don't want
by chipperyman573 8y ago
>It helps to actually read the documentation, to go through a few tutorials and to generally play around with Git.
Yeah, that's the problem. People don't want to do that. Keep in mind, you're not talking about people you find on HN. You're talking about Grandma Sally and Aunt Susan. These are people who can barely use Gmail. They don't want to crack open the documentation
- jnurmine 8y agoWhy would they use Git at all, then?
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- jnurmine 8y agoMy point is: people who actually need software version control to get something done are perfectly capable of learning to use Git, warts and all, in 2-4 days which includes reading some of the documentation and playing around with it. Sure, they might have to refer to the documentation for some time after, and also have a personal "cheat sheet" for commands, but I completely believe it is doable, and over a slightly longer period of time they will not need documentation or cheat sheets at all. Arguing that people, who are implied to not need software version control to begin with, would consider Git difficult to learn is a bit strange argument.