Hi, On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Jesper Eskilson wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Jesper Eskilson wrote: > > > > > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > > > > Now, it makes me really, really sad that Git has a reputation of > > > > being complicated, but I regularly hear from _my_ users that they > > > > do not understand how that came about. > > > > > > Well, Git is not the easiest tool on the market to learn. For people > > > used to centralized systems such as RCS/CVS/Subversion, many > > > concepts are truly alien. I've recently experienced a transition at > > > our company from MKS/SI (a RCS derivative) to Subversion, and the > > > mental gap was for many users HUGE. Had we done the transition from > > > MKS/SI to Git, I'm sure several user's brains would have exploded. > > > > > > From my perspective, the concept I found most difficult to grasp at > > > the very beginning was how the index worked, and many of the > > > introductory texts on Git that I looked through only very brielfy > > > explained the purpose of the index: Why is it there? Why is it > > > called "index"? How does it fit into a typical workflow? Having a > > > CVS/Subversion background, it took a while for me to really > > > assimilate the concept. > > > > What does your answer have to do with my mail, i.e. with plumbing? > > Nothing, really. I just wanted to comment on your note on Git having a > reputation being complicated. Thanks, but you also read my note that my users did not find Git complicated. And I think it is not because I am _such_ a good instructor. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
