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When it comes to git, I am firmly of the opinion that it's not you, it's them. Git is simple, but it takes a lot of experience to appreciate its simplicity. So
by probably_wrong 4y ago
When it comes to git, I am firmly of the opinion that it's not you, it's them.
Git is simple, but it takes a lot of experience to appreciate its simplicity. So don't beat yourself up, git is hard and it's okay to be lost.
- CRConrad 4y ago> Git is simple, but it takes a lot of experience to appreciate its simplicity. So don't beat yourself up, git is hard and it's okay to be lost. Yet another example of how, as so often in programming, the "KISS principle" ("Keep It Simple, Stupid") is deceptive: Simple isn't (at least not always) equal with easy. But yeah, with a more well-thought-out set of commands it would have been a lot easier for a lot of people. I think it's just simply (heh!) that it was released a tad too early, before anyone had thought more deeply about keeping the syntax orthogonal, and the world's been stuck with those choices (largely, choices not made in the first place) ever since, for backwards compatibility.