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I'm not familiar with polygon training. Could you explain please?

user16764
– user16764

2012-03-20 02:58:14 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 2:58
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It's interesting that there was a point where TortoiseHg switched from advanced features (mainly history editing features like rebase and strip) being enabled by default to them being diabled. I thought it a silly decision at the time, but as as time went on, I realised that it did encourage people to just give hg a go and meant that most of what they could do was relatively safe. I think this is now why we have a perception that hg is easier to use than git, the developers have made significant efforts to make it easier to use.

Mark Booth
– Mark Booth

2012-03-20 10:51:14 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 10:51
@user16764 I meant to write "shooting range". My hovercraft is full of eels.

ZJR
– ZJR

2012-03-20 13:37:44 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 13:37
It would help if the git manpage didn't suck in the traditional *nix fashion. It's written as a software users (ie developer) manual not as an end user's manual. There are side-projects that make it slightly easier for beginners but the program's design itself is just crap from a usability standpoint. It's impossible to learn it (gui or non-gui) without making mistakes because it requires the user to think like Linus did when he wrote it. It's painfully obvious that he didn't write it for anybody but himself.

Evan Plaice
– Evan Plaice

2012-03-20 22:58:39 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 22:58
(cont) Mercurial goes a long way to make a DVCS 'for humans' but there's no switch to turn on the really powerful features like history re-writing. Git is powerful but anybody who claims it is fun to learn (gui or not) is either a liar or a masochist.

Evan Plaice
– Evan Plaice

2012-03-20 23:29:02 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 23:29

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