From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sean Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git wiki Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:45:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20060502232553.GL27689@pasky.or.cz> <7virooj92i.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <4d8e3fd30605030139k33c5a404k54861fdd02c87134@mail.gmail.com> <20060503090007.GM27689@pasky.or.cz> <4d8e3fd30605030213r625ce87fw5cbee554f1c20fbd@mail.gmail.com> <20060503142957.GA9056@spearce.org> <4458C5D7.8010501@op5.se> <20060503164732.GB9820@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, ae@op5.se, spearce@spearce.org, nico@cam.org, paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com, pasky@suse.cz, junkio@cox.net, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 03 20:50:44 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 1FbMQT-0002SQ-4J for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 03 May 2006 20:50:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750739AbWECSuN (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 14:50:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750735AbWECSuN (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 14:50:13 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp04.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.164]:45163 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP04.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750730AbWECSuL (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 14:50:11 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [69.156.138.66] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([69.156.138.66]) by BAYC1-PASMTP04.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 3 May 2006 11:50:10 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local (guru.attic.local [10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A49644C28; Wed, 3 May 2006 14:50:09 -0400 (EDT) To: Theodore Tso Message-Id: <20060503144522.7b5b7ba5.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060503164732.GB9820@thunk.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.15; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2006 18:50:10.0866 (UTC) FILETIME=[67BBC120:01C66EE2] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 3 May 2006 12:47:32 -0400 Theodore Tso wrote: > Of course, a lot of it is that git *is* much more powerful, much like > the difference between a stickshift with a racing clutch (git) and a > car with an automatic transmission (hg). So maybe one thing that > would help git would be a stronger emphasis of cogito for those > projects that don't need the full power of using git "straight up". The docs and higher-level user commands can still use some work, but telling people they have to install and learn an entire extra layer isn't going to win many converts. Personally I think Git needs a bit more polish and to stop thinking of itself as mostly plumbing. Even so Git really has become pretty good at making simple things simple: init-db, add/rm, commit -a, status, show, log, gitk, diff, branch, checkout, clone, fetch/pull The fact that it's faster, requires less disk space, and has all the lower level tools you need to do "complex stuff", should make it a tempting choice once the remaining rough edges are removed. But there is nothing inherently complex about Git. Sean