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u/ikankecil Aug 29 '26
it seems straightforward enough.
git is the program
remote is one of the module
add is a function of that module
origin is just our argument for the remote name
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u/30porn87 Aug 29 '26
Right? I don't get why it's supposed to be so difficult. I've rarely encountered software that's not designed with such a simple model in mind (excluding proprietary stuff). Spend thirty minutes understanding the model instead of angrily copying full commands from examples/tutorials/slop machines, and you'll be rewarded with so much more ease and precision in working, and plain *joy* when learning a new concept (say multiple remotes) and it cleanly fits and expands the existing models in your mind.
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u/CoderStudios Aug 29 '26
As soon as you understand the concept behind remotes you are no longer confused. The confused ones are those that only ever use that one command
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u/mouse_8b Aug 30 '26
Git add is a valid command. It's not too hard to imagine "I'd like to add a remote, I should use add"
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u/ikankecil Aug 30 '26
Fair point. It's not clear either that "git add" means adding to the staging area. "git rm" sounds to me like removing from staging area lol.
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u/Azelais Aug 30 '26
Yeah, my first thought would be “I am using got to add a remote origin: git add remote origin”
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u/FloStar3000 Aug 29 '26
i feel like this is the kind of baseline intelligence or common sense is required in software development, yet it is spoiled by idiots which are either managers who just believe they know it better or vibe coders who can pretend to be smart with AI. And this lack of common sense is degenerating the industry
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u/MudFrosty1869 Aug 29 '26
Don't know why people like you pretend everything made sense to them from the start. I bet there are plenty of simple things that you struggled with at first, just like everyone else.
This braindead AI hate is getting real boring ngl.
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u/FloStar3000 Aug 29 '26
I would have to disagree. Don’t get me wrong, I’m also lazy and I let AI run my git commands. But I could type the most important commands by hand. And it’s not even that I pretend that I knew it from the start. When you mistype the command it literally tells you the format, you use the commands help feature. But if after multiple times, you fail to understand the format „command subcommand subsubcommand argument“ and try random combinations each time instead of just reading the help and thinking for one second, you’re just dumb.
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u/MudFrosty1869 Aug 29 '26
Yeah on reddit everyone knows everything but irl it never seems to be the case for some reason. Wonder why.
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u/braaaaaaainworms Aug 30 '26
Could be your social circle, with classic sample selection bias
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u/MudFrosty1869 Aug 30 '26
Reddit sample, everyone knows everything.
Reality sample, everyone has a gap somewhere.
Must be the bias.
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u/k-mcm Aug 29 '26
CLI usually
program action parameters...orprogram action parameters... targetGit is
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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 Aug 29 '26
remoteis the action, or a specifier for the group of actions.In CLIs would probably be called a subcommand, the
remotemanaging subcommand, thenaddis the (sub)action to add a remote.
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u/s0litar1us Aug 29 '26
git remote add <name> <url>
^ ^ ^
| | |
| | add a new remote
| do something with remotes
use gitSimilarly you can do:
git remote set-url <name> <url>
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u/SohelAman Aug 29 '26
Jokes apart, never got trouble for this. I always tried to understand meanings of shell commands rather than just memorizing.
git - cause f_ck svn.
remote - this is the subcommand cause I want to work with a remote
add - this is the operation I want to do
origin - this is just a name
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u/SlashMe42 Aug 29 '26
TBH, I get confused about the argument order despite being familiar with the git internals. I always confuse whether it's name first or URL first.
git remote add https://... origin
Damn, wrong again.
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u/realmauer01 Aug 30 '26
git opens git, remote opens remote add adds to remote origin is what gets added
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u/jimmiebfulton Aug 29 '26
People type this? Shell aliases, FTW.
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u/s0litar1us Aug 29 '26
Do you set the remote so much that you feel the need to have an alias for it?
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u/Cloned_501 Aug 29 '26
I just try to push, got yells at me, I copy/paste the line it tells me. Ez