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This makes a lot more sense when you realise that Linus thought he was building a low level tool that people would build a UI on top of. The 'original' git comm

This makes a lot more sense when you realise that Linus thought he was building a low level tool that people would build a UI on top of. The 'original' git command line was more a proof of concept and engineering tool than something aimed at actual use.

WorldMaker 8y ago
Right, doing a search through the git mailing list for the use of the word "porcelain" is fascinating. It's unfortunate some of those "porcelain" projects never finished.
- mcguire 8y ago
  ... because none of the power users used them.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    Heh. I think Linux on desktop it is like that, at least a bit; frequently, by the time someone could write a friendly GUI (or friendly CLI for that matter), they have little use for it.
    - zbentley 8y ago
      That's a disturbingly insightful parable for everything from startups to linux/FOSS contributions.