[haiku-development] Re: I'm beginning to really detest git

  • From: "Chris Peel" <chrispeel.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:35:06 -0700 (PDT)

Pete


Just so you know it's not just you here.  I've used CVS, SVN and Git in my time 
and I've stuck with SVN for my projects.  I find all version control systems 
deeply confusing and much more likely to irrevocably destroy content than to 
preserve it.


I've resisted moving to Git even though my developers are pushing for it, and 
the latest upgrade to sourceforge broke everything so badly I've since moved 
all my source to Google.


I agree these are all powerful tools but your comment about not even the basics 
being easily understandable struck a chord with me.


Good luck with your endeavours!
  
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 07:32:01AM +0200, Ingo Weinhold wrote:
>> 
>> +1. I don't think one needs to spend hours reading intros/tutorials, but 
>> reading enough to understand the basic concepts is very helpful, if not 
>> mandatory.
> As I noted, I *have* been reading up on most of the basics so I
> at least can *use* git, but I just got lost trying to track down anything
> meaningful this time.
>> 
>> I can also recommend to web search for an answer, if you have a specific 
>> problem. You'll pretty much always find someone who has asked the very 
>> same thing and found solutions (typically on stackoverflow.com). Heck, I 
>> often even google for a solution when I already know the right tool, 
>> just not the exact syntax (which is annoyingly inconsistent between the 
>> commands). Usually that's quicker than perusing the documentation.
> A good point.  I often use the web the same way, but for some reason
> didn't think of that route here.
> Thanks,
>       -- Pete --

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