Re: Git Screencast ?

[Johannes Gilger <heipei@hackvalue.de>]

On 22/11/07 20:47, Michael Donaghy wrote:
> Yes thank you , although a screen cast would still be ideal , the 
> documentation is very good,
> also , what do you think of git-gui ? , I think it is the best one

Hi Michael,

I think you're trying to hide the complexity of git. The problem with 
graphical tools is that they hide complexity from the user, which in 
some cases is only possibly/good if the user has understood the 
underlying principles already. Also I think that there are many things 
which can be done much quicker using a command-line than any gui (as all 
of the people here will agree). Git is not Time-Machine (this thing from 
Apple). It is also no good idea to try to view git from a svn's point of 
view, or try to compare commands. It took me a while to get over that 
and accept that git is different. I was frustated (and still am 
sometimes) but i finally understood the whole concept.

About screencasts: I haven't watched that many screencasts in general, 
but I can hardly imagine that they are better way of teaching things 
than reading a manual. Watching someone type in commands, hitting 
"Pause", then trying it myself doesn't seem more intuitive to me than 
just reading a manual and typing the commands given in regular 
intervals. Maybe someone can enlighten me about the use of screencasts 
(in a command-line environment).

Greetings,
Jojo

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