From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carl Baldwin Subject: Re: [Census] So who uses git? Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:24:29 -0700 Organization: Hewlett Packard Message-ID: <20060131152429.GA26817@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com> References: <46a038f90601251810m1086d353ne8c7147edee4962a@mail.gmail.com> <46a038f90601272133o53438987ka6b97c21d0cdf921@mail.gmail.com> <1138446030.9919.112.camel@evo.keithp.com> <7vzmlgt5zt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20060130185822.GA24487@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , Keith Packard , Martin Langhoff , Linus Torvalds , Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 31 16:26:25 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F3xN7-0001vY-4z for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:24:47 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750931AbWAaPYg (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:24:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750932AbWAaPYg (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:24:36 -0500 Received: from atlrel7.hp.com ([156.153.255.213]:43141 "EHLO atlrel7.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750926AbWAaPYf (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:24:35 -0500 Received: from smtp1.fc.hp.com (smtp2a.fc.hp.com [15.15.136.127]) by atlrel7.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3DF34AC8; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:24:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com (hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com [15.6.94.42]) by smtp1.fc.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18ADE38234; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com (Postfix, from userid 21523) id ED365BF81; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:24:29 -0700 (MST) To: Johannes Schindelin Mail-Followup-To: Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , Keith Packard , Martin Langhoff , Linus Torvalds , Git Mailing List Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Origin: hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Its difficult to explain because it breaks away from the precedent set by other SCMs. I wouldn't call it a show-stopper for this reason. In fact, some who have wrapped their heads around the concept might call it a valuable feature. I, myself, have found it a handy thing in certain circumstances. In other circumstances I simply bypass it by adding -a to the command-line. This doesn't fit my definition of a show-stopper. Carl On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:27:34AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Carl Baldwin wrote: > > > In general, I think it is grasping the reason for the index file and how > > git commands like git-commit and git-diff interact with it. > > IMHO this is the one big showstopper. I had problems explaining the > concept myself. > > For example, I had a hard time explaining to a friend why a git-add'ed > file is committed when saying "git commit some_other_file", but not > another (modified) file. Very unintuitive. > > Ciao, > Dscho > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Carl Baldwin RADCAD (R&D CAD) Hewlett Packard Company MS 88 work: 970 898-1523 3404 E. Harmony Rd. work: Carl.N.Baldwin@hp.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 home: Carl@ecBaldwin.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -