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I think that this video should be considered mandatory viewing if you're a developer using Git — the whole lecture starts from the basic data structures involve

I think that this video should be considered mandatory viewing if you're a developer using Git — the whole lecture starts from the basic data structures involved and builds from there, as opposed to the way that it seems many people approach Git: "What command do I run?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjqTHE0zok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjqTHE0zok

SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
That's great evidence that git's UI is such a leaky abstraction that it's actually terrible.
- funcDropShadow 3y ago
  Git's UI is not meant as an abstraction at all. It is a set of tools to work on the underlying model. And the underlying model is actually quite elegant and understandable. I'd take that anytime over a leaky abstraction like subversion.
- keithalewis 3y ago
  Buh, buh, but Linus wrote it. There's got to be a pony in there somewhere. /s