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I thought this was cute. I (mostly?) “get” git. At least all of what was shown was formerly known to me. I would have added a section about how keeping the com

I thought this was cute. I (mostly?) “get” git. At least all of what was shown was formerly known to me. I would have added a section about how keeping the commit numbers straight is a a pain and then demonstrated how we could just index them with a hash (md5sum or similar). I thought about sharing this tutorial(?) with some of my “git is kinda fuzzy” colleagues, but I realized that they often seem fuzzy in the basic file tree navigation layers and this expose’ relies on a good degree of comfort with “file ops”. I find that less experienced developers are often less than strong when it comes to basic “file ops” now days. I blame IDEs, black box build tools, etc.

ogogmad 5y ago
The use of `diff` and `patch` to express merge is something interesting that I only learned from reading this article.
- edoceo 5y ago
  Wow! Ok, in like 199x and before, folks were sharing fixes by posting diff/patch files on like Usenet and stuff. It was wild. After CVS, SVN now on git, I mean, I have nostalgia but I don't miss it.
  - y4mi 5y ago
    While it's admittedly rare, this workflow continues to exist to date. The Linux kernel development comes to mind as an obvious example.
  - rrauenza 5y ago
    Larry Wall is often most known for Perl, but his contribution of the patch tool is underrated.
    - chousuke 5y ago
      diff and patch feel like tools that have existed forever. I feels weird to think that someone wrote them instead of them just manifesting fully formed with the first version of UNIX.
      - edoceo 5y ago
        In 1000 years the religion is that Larry Wall invented the computer in three days.
        earleybird 5y ago
        By then Larry will be known as Leibowitz
MikeTheGreat 5y ago
> I find that less experienced developers are often less > than strong when it comes to basic “file ops” now days. > I blame IDEs, black box build tools, etc. Also phones / tablets. Those things do an amazing job of hiding the underlying files from users so nowadays you can use a computer (phone/tablet) without ever needing to even think about files. And you know what else is wrong about tablets? Well, let me tell you, - wait, hold on, I gotta go shake my cane at some kids on my lawn :)

ogogmad 5y ago

The use of `diff` and `patch` to express merge is something interesting that I only learned from reading this article.

edoceo 5y ago
Wow! Ok, in like 199x and before, folks were sharing fixes by posting diff/patch files on like Usenet and stuff. It was wild. After CVS, SVN now on git, I mean, I have nostalgia but I don't miss it.
- y4mi 5y ago
  While it's admittedly rare, this workflow continues to exist to date. The Linux kernel development comes to mind as an obvious example.
- rrauenza 5y ago
  Larry Wall is often most known for Perl, but his contribution of the patch tool is underrated.
  - chousuke 5y ago
    diff and patch feel like tools that have existed forever. I feels weird to think that someone wrote them instead of them just manifesting fully formed with the first version of UNIX.
    - edoceo 5y ago
      In 1000 years the religion is that Larry Wall invented the computer in three days.
      - earleybird 5y ago
        By then Larry will be known as Leibowitz

MikeTheGreat 5y ago

> I find that less experienced developers are often less > than strong when it comes to basic “file ops” now days. > I blame IDEs, black box build tools, etc. Also phones / tablets. Those things do an amazing job of hiding the underlying files from users so nowadays you can use a computer (phone/tablet) without ever needing to even think about files. And you know what else is wrong about tablets? Well, let me tell you, - wait, hold on, I gotta go shake my cane at some kids on my lawn :)