On 23 May 2018 at 19:25, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 May 2018 at 09:14, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 22 May 2018 19:10:49 -0500 > > Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks for that! It instantly cleared up several mysteries for me. > >> I'm just starting to learn git & github, and am starkly reminded of an > >> old truth: there is absolutely nothing "obvious" about source-control > >> systems, or workflows, before you already know them ;-) > > > > I think you'll find out that git can be especially non-obvious :-) > > My understanding is that git becomes more obvious when you understand > that it's not actually a source control system at all but rather a > data model for text and changes. (Or something like that, I haven't > reached that level of enlightenment myself yet...) >
For data structure wonks, http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/ can be more informative than any number of git usage guides :) The mapping from command line incantations to their effect on the DAG can be a little (*cough*) obscure, but having the right mental model of what's going on at a data structure level can still help enormously. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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