From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On the popularity of git [Was: Git question: when using branches, how does git treat working files when changing branches?] Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87wpu3v3ol.fsf@igel.home> References: <20151028192017.GC2538@acm.fritz.box> <87k2q6wy8p.fsf@linaro.org> <20151028223252.GD2538@acm.fritz.box> <87vb9qd2h4.fsf@wanadoo.es> <20151028235340.GE2538@acm.fritz.box> <87ziz213wx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20151029123554.GB2510@acm.fritz.box> <87h9l995ec.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20151029170237.GF2510@acm.fritz.box> <22068.12941.199944.979963@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83611nzbqr.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446280368 9223 80.91.229.3 (31 Oct 2015 08:32:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 31 09:32:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZsRaY-0004ah-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54703 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZsRaX-0001Lu-W6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:32:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49033) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZsRaU-0001LW-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:32:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZsRaT-0002Z2-ER for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:55825) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZsRaP-0002Ye-K0; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:32:29 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3nntzb6DrRz3hjDk; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3nntzb44jVzvh2Y; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xb5gbEP5XLy8; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:26 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: 5YOIpB+YVOqF7ioyUwZwM2xodvq7HCjPthFvygASKzQtpBBgmvSdn/hvz13hMl0i Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-62-118.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.62.118]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 360B22C11DF; Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:32:26 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I think my CAREER is RUINED!! In-Reply-To: <83611nzbqr.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:24:44 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193006 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > _That_ is the single most important problem with Git that begets all > the other problems in usability and user-friendliness: it doesn't give > a damn about established VCS practices and mnemonics, and breaks them > all one after another. That is also its biggest strength, because it opens up the possibility to do new workflows that were cumbersome or impossible within the limits of the established VCS practices. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."