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Build Git – Learn Git

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Post by chinchang » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 1:34 PM UTC

Build Git – Learn Git
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Post by together_us » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 1:45 PM UTC

I love the idea! This is a really cool way to learn anything, then, for that matter, I guess. Thank you.

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Post by pkmishra » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:17 PM UTC

Really cool. I loved it.

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Post by joelgrus » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:27 PM UTC

This is a great way to understand Git, thanks!

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Post by grabeh » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:46 PM UTC

I suspect you may already be aware, but if not then here's a related project https://github.com/creationix/js-git.

Lest you misunderstand, I'm not saying you should stop development, I just thought it might be of interest!

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Post by chinchang » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:56 PM UTC

grabeh wrote: post #5

I suspect you may already be aware, but if not then here's a related project https://github.com/creationix/js-git . Lest you misunderstand, I'm not saying you should stop development, I just thought it might be of interest!

Yeah, knew about it.

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Post by masklinn » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:59 PM UTC

grabeh wrote: post #5

I suspect you may already be aware, but if not then here's a related project https://github.com/creationix/js-git . Lest you misunderstand, I'm not saying you should stop development, I just thought it might be of interest!

Or, in a different language, https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich

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Post by graywh » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 3:04 PM UTC

This reminds me of a talk by Jim Wierich I heard years ago where he pretends to design a new vcs in order to explain how git works.

I'm not sure if a full recording can be found anywhere other than buying it from Pragmatic Programmers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQJP6D8aGY

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Post by unwind » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 3:06 PM UTC

This is nice. One pet peeve is that (as far as I know, I'm really not an expert) Git repos don't actually have names. The first thing the article does when implementing them is to give them names, which I thought was a bit jarring.

I actually think the namelessness of the repos is one of the things that are unexpectedly cool about Git.

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Post by jbranchaud » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 3:45 PM UTC

Tutorial looks awesome. It would be helpful if you would mention from the beginning that you will be implementing in JavaScript before reaching the code snippets.