lmao wut? i've never heard any sane person describe git as simple or elegant. it's complex, complicated, fussy, difficult, and has bad ergonomics. we use it because it actually works better than everything else despite its badness in other respects.
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Replying to @danlistensto @Aelkus and
Sit in on a professional programmer unfamiliar with teaching trying to teach git to a student. It's not pretty. "It's simple!" followed by an hour(s) of exasperation at how many things they had just memorized to get along.
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Replying to @lethargilistic @Aelkus and
i've done my fair share of git crash courses for noobies. i've found, the hard way, that the only effective teaching method for first timers is to give them a magical invocation to use without explaining what its really doing. if they care enough they'll learn more later.
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listen novice your mantra shall be thus: git add -A; git commit -m "om mani padme hm"; git push origin master;
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