The Architecture of Git (2012)
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The Architecture of Git (2012)
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Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#2Very informative. This explains well about why Linus once said signing every single Git commit is unnecessary and it only means you have automated the signing process. [1]
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#3> To understand Git's design philosophy better it is helpful to understand the circumstances in which the Git project was started in the Linux Kernel Community.
I don't understand this sentiment. It's not helpful to know the history at all. At best, it romanticize the choices made. Stating the goals would be an intro that shows some level of analysis.
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#4> To understand Git's design philosophy better it is helpful to understand the circumstances in which the Git project was started in the Linux Kernel Community. I don't understand this sentiment. It's not helpful to know the history at all. At best, it romanticize the choices made. Stating the goals would be an intro that shows some level of analysis.
No, the author is right. Git us in its core a database for managing patches. Understanding the needs of Linus Torvalds as his role of Kernel maintainer is about the only good way to understand why git is so strangely designed.
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#5Git is the VCS most suitable for bottom-up learners. Which is the VCS most suitable for top-down learners?
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#6> To understand Git's design philosophy better it is helpful to understand the circumstances in which the Git project was started in the Linux Kernel Community. I don't understand this sentiment. It's not helpful to know the history at all. At best, it romanticize the choices made. Stating the goals would be an intro that shows some level of analysis.
No, the author is right. Git us in its core a database for managing patches. Understanding the needs of Linus Torvalds as his role of Kernel maintainer is about the only good way to understand why git is so strangely designed.
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Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#7The best (known to me) informal intro into the architecture of Git is The Git Parable: http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.htm...
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#8Git is the VCS most suitable for bottom-up learners. Which is the VCS most suitable for top-down learners?
Dropbox, perhaps.
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#9Git is the VCS most suitable for bottom-up learners. Which is the VCS most suitable for top-down learners?
Plastic SCM.
Re: The Architecture of Git (2012)
#10> To understand Git's design philosophy better it is helpful to understand the circumstances in which the Git project was started in the Linux Kernel Community. I don't understand this sentiment. It's not helpful to know the history at all. At best, it romanticize the choices made. Stating the goals would be an intro that shows some level of analysis.
I am fine with having extra sentences to read.