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I'm so glad I use Perforce. Yeah branches are a bit cumbersome. But it's idiot proof. There is literally no way for any artist to cause irreversible harm. They

I'm so glad I use Perforce. Yeah branches are a bit cumbersome. But it's idiot proof. There is literally no way for any artist to cause irreversible harm. They can't even do harm that isn't easy to fix with a few clicks in an easy to use, easy to understand, easy to discover GUI. I suppose one of the key features of Git is the ability to rewrite history. It makes a lot of sense in the context of an open source project pulling in changes from the wild. For most of us such utilities aren't just useless they're actively harmful. Never leave me P4. Please God never leave me.

jebblue 11y ago
With Git though, I can and do have many micro repositories scattered around my disks. My bin and Documents directories almost always have their own repositories each. Git works great for this as well as being a tool to help teams with code management. I do have to Google a lot of stuff for it but it works really well and this article is a good summary.
erikb 11y ago
I'm a huge git fan but I have to agree. At least some of the VCSs out there should be non self-destructive. Git is really bad if not all users of a repo take the time to learn to use it efficiently.
- learnstats2 11y ago
  > Git is really bad if not all users of a repo take the time to learn to use it efficiently. The "if" clause here happens rarely enough that I can quote just the first four words of the sentence: "Git is really bad." There are 2000 words here on how to undo.
  - erikb 11y ago
    Well, git should not be the default, but that doesn't make it a bad tool. Think about different heads for screw drivers. Just because you have bought a set and there is one you never or seldom use, doesn't mean it's a bad head. The moment someone has a screw which needs that head suddenly all other heads are useless and that's the best head you can have. Right? (I'm not so sure what the right English word for "head" is, I hope it still makes sense even if I use the wrong one) Or another example. Cars are a highly specialised tools. Nobody is allowed to use one if they haven't shown that they have learned to use it properly via standardized exams. Maybe if a company uses a lot of git the mistake is that they don't require people to learn it properly first, either by offering courses or by filtering in the hiring process. And since I've spent month learning it and now can use it even in potentially destructive situations like "git rebase -i" I can tell you that for me it's way more useful than SVN or CVS ever were.
gambiting 11y ago
I always used to swear by Git, until I started working at a company that uses Perforce. It's literally fantastic and I want to use it for all projects now.

jebblue 11y ago

With Git though, I can and do have many micro repositories scattered around my disks. My bin and Documents directories almost always have their own repositories each. Git works great for this as well as being a tool to help teams with code management. I do have to Google a lot of stuff for it but it works really well and this article is a good summary.

erikb 11y ago

I'm a huge git fan but I have to agree. At least some of the VCSs out there should be non self-destructive. Git is really bad if not all users of a repo take the time to learn to use it efficiently.

learnstats2 11y ago
> Git is really bad if not all users of a repo take the time to learn to use it efficiently. The "if" clause here happens rarely enough that I can quote just the first four words of the sentence: "Git is really bad." There are 2000 words here on how to undo.
- erikb 11y ago
  Well, git should not be the default, but that doesn't make it a bad tool. Think about different heads for screw drivers. Just because you have bought a set and there is one you never or seldom use, doesn't mean it's a bad head. The moment someone has a screw which needs that head suddenly all other heads are useless and that's the best head you can have. Right? (I'm not so sure what the right English word for "head" is, I hope it still makes sense even if I use the wrong one) Or another example. Cars are a highly specialised tools. Nobody is allowed to use one if they haven't shown that they have learned to use it properly via standardized exams. Maybe if a company uses a lot of git the mistake is that they don't require people to learn it properly first, either by offering courses or by filtering in the hiring process. And since I've spent month learning it and now can use it even in potentially destructive situations like "git rebase -i" I can tell you that for me it's way more useful than SVN or CVS ever were.

gambiting 11y ago

I always used to swear by Git, until I started working at a company that uses Perforce. It's literally fantastic and I want to use it for all projects now.