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What is so baffling about explaining git to a novice? I'm more baffled that you are baffled about this. Git wasn't even invented yet when I was in school and

What is so baffling about explaining git to a novice? I'm more baffled that you are baffled about this. Git wasn't even invented yet when I was in school and I did not learn about SVN until my first programming job in 2001 where a senior explained it to me.

dreamcompiler 4y ago
I think the parent's point was that the intern knew about github and assumed git was github.
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  I used to be confused by this. It's because "git" is in the name and GitHub is the first thing you encounter, so I was like, "oh, is git some command line extension of GitHub?" rather than the reverse. :D
  - cybrox 4y ago
    Well GitHub is just a hub for git projects, a git hub. Most people will get that.
  - leethargo 4y ago
    Similarly, as a youngling, I often confused GNU and Gnome, in particular because several popular (often GTK-based) applications from either started with `g`, eg GIMP, gedit, gparted.