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Light cone analogy for git-bisect (2006)
- logicallee 11y agoI think it says something about understanding git when a simplifying analogy by its author is ... special relativity.
- vezzy-fnord 11y ago"Git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space." [1] That said, Git was tailored to the specific circumstances of the Linux kernel. I wonder if Linus ever expected it to become the dominant general purpose VCS. Though I suppose Junio Hamano deserves most of the credit for that. [1] https://twitter.com/tabqwerty/status/45611899953491968 https://twitter.com/tabqwerty/status/45611899953491968
- jdoliner 11y ago> And maybe that makes more sense to you (if you're into physics), or maybe it makes less sense to you. At least Linus can laugh about it as well.
- AceJohnny2 11y agoTangetially, this website, Norman Yarvin's archive, is chock full of gems. I highly recommend browsing it, especially its computer section: http://yarchive.net/comp/index.html http://yarchive.net/comp/index.html