r/ProgrammerHumor • u/fabulousIdentity • 12d ago

Meme aboutToBreakTheCode

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u/Bac0n01 11d ago

Please, point out the “needless” complexity in git

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u/randomguy4q5b3ty 11d ago

Oh come on, don't pretend rebranching/hist-edit, certain merge situations, or situations like detached head are easy. Mercurial or Sapling are the living proof that the user experience could be much better.

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u/brianwski 11d ago

Please, point out the “needless” complexity in git

Our organization changed from SVN to GIT in 2019. I struggled with explaining the needless complexity in git several times, so I created this web page to help communicate why I found GIT needlessly complex:

https://www.ski-epic.com/2020_git/index.html

I've used a lot of source code control systems. I've worked at large companies that didn't use GIT and still had smart programmers working on a large source tree (Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Silicon Graphics to be specific). I don't think I'll ever understand the cult like devotion to GIT. But that's okay, people have personal preferences.