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What were your misconceptions about Git when you first started? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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I used CVS and ClearCase before moving into Git, and it took me some time to adjust to the fact that the cost of branching in Git is much much less than ClearCase. And getting into the "distributed" mindset didn't happen overnight.

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[–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Coming from SVN and Mercurial where commits are increasing integers, I thought the SHA-1 stuff would be a PITA. It’s not and no one cares about numbers anymore.

[–] lysdexic@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

It’s not and no one cares about numbers anymore.

The only people who ever cared about svn's numbering scheme were those who abused it as a proxy to release/build versions, which was blaming the tools for the problems they created for themselves.