Charlie Stross on Nostr: npub1upkp7…4tcwy npub1f9uks…am3s0 I'm pretty sure that any attempt to coherently ...

npub1upkp7fd7rc3lrjg23r8gy0wc723vze7mxlx5984ut6zurjzpf5xss4tcwy (npub1upk…tcwy) npub1f9uksppl8df9c4d662g8tzku8au9mw9wnjcdylfrx87x909e7pzspam3s0 (npub1f9u…m3s0) I'm pretty sure that any attempt to coherently explain git *really* ought to start by explaining how early single-user version control systems worked, then networked ones, then explain the extra problems git was intended to solve, before explaining all the multiway merge stuff. Tackling git ab initio is like trying to teach someone to write a business letter by giving them an intro course in emacs lisp with a side order of LaTeX.