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Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Re: Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Post by tel »

alextp wrote: post #9

Is it wrong that I'm disappointed because this doesn't seem to make much sense? The actual topology involved has to be discrete, not continuous, as can never continuously deform from one branch to another. Also, a tree of trees is still a tree. Git repositories form DAGs of trees, and this is not really that hard to visualize.

I too was really disappointed that this is nonsense instead of just very useless but correct. It downgrades it from smart and clever joking to "guy with a technical dictionary" joking.

Re: Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Post by [deleted] »

alextp wrote: post #9

Is it wrong that I'm disappointed because this doesn't seem to make much sense? The actual topology involved has to be discrete, not continuous, as can never continuously deform from one branch to another. Also, a tree of trees is still a tree. Git repositories form DAGs of trees, and this is not really that hard to visualize.

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Re: Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Post by raganwald »

tel wrote: post #11
alextp wrote: post #9

Is it wrong that I'm disappointed because this doesn't seem to make much sense? The actual topology involved has to be discrete, not continuous, as can never continuously deform from one branch to another. Also, a tree of trees is still a tree. Git repositories form DAGs of trees, and this is not really that hard to visualize.

I too was really disappointed that this is nonsense instead of just very useless but correct. It downgrades it from smart and clever joking to "guy with a technical dictionary" joking.

Nevertheless, for the audience that have no technical understanding of technology, it's equally funny either way. Which is no doubt why it's possible to build a Visual Basic UI for forensic analysis in a few hours.

Re: Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Post by tartley »

gcr wrote: post #17

Guys, please. This isn't an analogy, it's satire. He's angry at how terrible he thinks the git manuals are.

Hey. OP here. This comment is the closest to my actual motivation for producing the post, although me and my co-author that afternoon were not so much angry about it as just 'delirious with laughter'.

Re: Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space

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Post by Deestan »

commanda wrote: post #15
VMG wrote: post #13

Poe's Law strikes again. Half the commentators don't get the joke.

Perhaps you could let us in on the joke?

This very complex "simple" explanation of Git is funny because Git is rumored to have a steep learning curve, and the Git documentation is very heavy on theory and models.

It is also a bit funny because a lot of educated readers will try to make sense of the explanation, but the explanation is utter nonsense and has nothing to do with how Git works.

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