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The problem is that Git is used for two things: the Linux kernel and anything else. The Linux kernel has this really weird system of software development where
by moron4hire 5y ago
The problem is that Git is used for two things: the Linux kernel and anything else. The Linux kernel has this really weird system of software development where nobody knows anyone else and they want to share all their changes over email. Torvalds, for reasons I can't figure out, only cares about that one, niche use case.
- kristjansson 5y agoBecause that ‘niche’ use case is what he wrote git for, and it just happened to be useful to the rest of us?
- moron4hire 5y agowhoosh Edit: but it really is a niche use case. Count the number of developers working, the number of lines written, for projects that are not the special snowflake of the Linux kernel. Line of business apps. Consultoware. Fuggin' code bootcamp students selfishly using other people's open source projects for their grad advancement. All this code that nobody, maybe not even the people writing it, cares about. Git is the wrong tool for those jobs, but because Torvalds wrote it, it must be good.
- kristjansson 5y agoWhoops, missed the snark the first time though.