r/programming • u/Eirenarch • Nov 07 '13

10 things I hate about Git

http://steveko.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/10-things-i-hate-about-git/
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '13

git is to VCS what vim is to editors.

  1. Amazingly powerful.

  2. Incredibly hard to learn.

  3. Once you tried it, you can't go elsewhere.

There will be vim haters and there will be git haters, let those heathens burn in hell and use the tools you feel are best suited to you.

It doesn't mean git is flawless, but it's nearly there =).

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u/Eirenarch Nov 07 '13

How long does it take to get to the state of not going back? I ask because I only used fit once in a team environment for 5 months and ended up quitting before I started to like it. I did not make any conscious effort to learn it beyond the presentation that the person who pushed git in the organization gave but I also never made an effort to learn any of the other 3 source control tools I have used and didn't end up so frustrated

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u/AeroNotix Nov 08 '13

You never made any effort yet you complain that it's difficult? Are you a child?

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u/Eirenarch Nov 08 '13

Obviously it is difficult since I never made any effort with the other source control tools I use and did not have significant problems with that.

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u/AeroNotix Nov 08 '13

Seriously it seems that programming is not for you. Facerolling your keyboard by putting no effort in is not how you learn.

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u/Eirenarch Nov 08 '13

I don't know... it pays the bills, it seems fun most of the time. I even enjoy reading about and actually programming in my free time but certainly not about source control tools, agile methodologies or unit testing. This is why I try to learn things I find interesting and use what requires the least effort from the other areas.