Re: [PLUG] Git: net time gain or loss?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

On 12/21/18 2:19 AM, Will wrote:
> JP,
>
> I am sorry if scared you so bad that every sequence of numbers on this 
> mailing list makes you think of Europe's finest song ever. Even when 
> counting up instead of counting down.

I'm not sure "scared" is the right word.  "Scarred" maybe.  But I don't 
think you are sorry at all...  ;-)


> But... I have one little exercise 
> for you to complete some evening that I am QUITE curious how it may or 
> may not impact your perspective and whether or not you like puzzles.
>
> May I introduce... The git game. This game works best on Linux (not even 
> a Mac), will frustrate you and teach you the ways of git... Without 
> reading some tutorial ending with a node.js developer that looks on 
> stack overflow to close vim. https://github.com/git-game/git-game
>
> I've found that one link to be my single greatest training tool that 
> doesn't require reading documentation that does not seem to make sense 
> until the problem presents itself. I have used this git game to train 
> many a Windows developer that swore by source safe to at least rely on 
> the this tool to manage code until we came back home... And not stuck in 
> a place like Kansas. I find command line tools (especially git) to be 
> insanely powerful and beautiful... With quite possibly the most awful of 
> experiences for the learning curve sometimes found even years later.

See?  You guys keep proving my point with all the aliases/cheat sheets, 
hack-arounds and how to attempt to figure out Git without RTFM.

*I shouldn't have to do any of that crap,* it should Just Work so I can 
easily put my <whatever> under version control and move on.

I think Bzr and Hg do that, they are just drop-dead simple & friendly to 
use.  Even SVN is more of a pain, because of the back-end repo, and the 
really screwy way it does...most everything.  Git?  Forget it.

Which would be *easier* to teach your grandma, Git, SVN, Bzr,or Hg?

"Better" is a different question, and Git & Github do have a good case 
there.


That said, this does sound interesting and I'll probably give it a shot 
over the holidays.  Anything that I can use to get certain folks I have 
to deal with to use some kind of VCS is a Good Thing...

Thanks,
JP
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