From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Donaghy Subject: Re: Git Screencast ? Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:18:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <47453C6D.1080403@op5.se> <20071123101426.GA15902@dualtron.vpn.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Nov 24 00:19:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IvhoM-0007OH-9f for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:19:50 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750982AbXKWXT2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:19:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750995AbXKWXT2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:19:28 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49299 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750847AbXKWXT1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:19:27 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ivhnk-0004nY-Gm for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:19:12 +0000 Received: from dt050nf4.tampabay.res.rr.com ([24.92.13.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:19:12 +0000 Received: from mike by dt050nf4.tampabay.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:19:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dt050nf4.tampabay.res.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: <20071123101426.GA15902@dualtron.vpn.rwth-aachen.de> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Gilger wrote: > 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 > I don't know , maybe I learn differently , but >'Watching someone type in commands, hitting "Pause", then trying it > myself' is intuitive for me :)