On Apr 24, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Jeff King wrote:
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 08:19:18PM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
git show master
git show master:Documentation
git show master:Makefile
I don't believe you need to know about trees and blobs to make
sense of
that. Those are just directories and files. The whole idea that
trees
are a more-general thing that could be used to represent something
other
than directory structure and blobs could be used to represent
something
other than file contents is way below most peoples' need-to-know
threshold.
Actually, it is not the generally of trees that I think is interesting
there, but the generality of _objects_. That is, each of those
things is
a first-class object, and has a unique name by which it can be
referred.
I'm sorry, but I think most people would find that so unremarkable
that making a big deal about it would lead to "what am I missing here"
confusion. Maybe a person who's exclusively used CVS (or older)
technologies before coming to Git would be happy to know that, but
it's sort of obvious. In CVS the lack of first-class directories
sticks out like a sore thumb.
--
David Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://boostpro.com
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