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johan_larson on March 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful softwa...

I'd be a bit surprised if anyone did. Git is powerful and flexible, but it is also complicated and difficult to use for people who aren't experts.

Beautiful software should make simple things simple, and hard things possible. Git leans strongly toward the latter, to the detriment of the former.

I need version control software that's mostly like a shovel and maybe sometimes like a backhoe. Git is like one of these:

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/wp-content/uploads/sit...

collyw on March 14, 2016 [–]

I am of the same opinion as you. I have started using git flow recently and it keeps me from shooting myself in the foot as often.

So far this is as much documentation I have needed. http://danielkummer.github.io/git-flow-cheatsheet/

qwertyuiop924 on March 15, 2016 | [–]

I would agree with you, but this[1] article changed my mind.

0: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2015/2/17/ui-and-hidden-consistency/

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