I know it's an oldie, but thanks for posting this; I hadn't seen it before. Ryan Tomayko writes some quality stuff; I remember around the time Git was becoming

I know it's an oldie, but thanks for posting this; I hadn't seen it before. Ryan Tomayko writes some quality stuff; I remember around the time Git was becoming popular, I sort of didn't understand the hype right away, and Ryan posted a great explanation (http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git) that turned a light bulb on in my head.