> The staging area is totally unnecessary IMO. I think git would be easier if we didn't have it.
I can't even imagine not having it, I extremely rarely commit all changes, to the point where I really might as well alias add=add -p, and now I've thought of it I probably will.
> The term `checkout` is multiplexed to do more things than I would've guessed.
My rule is that if I think that, I've probably got the 'wrong' mental model.
Checkout gets the state of the worktree from somewhere else.
In its simplest usage, from another ref and changes to it.
With -b, as above, but with a new branch name.
With -- files, filter for only the given files, leaving HEAD where it is because moving it would be the opposite operation - taking the inverse list of files from current location to the specified one.
I can't even imagine not having it, I extremely rarely commit all changes, to the point where I really might as well alias add=add -p, and now I've thought of it I probably will.
> The term `checkout` is multiplexed to do more things than I would've guessed.
My rule is that if I think that, I've probably got the 'wrong' mental model.
Checkout gets the state of the worktree from somewhere else.
In its simplest usage, from another ref and changes to it.
With -b, as above, but with a new branch name.
With -- files, filter for only the given files, leaving HEAD where it is because moving it would be the opposite operation - taking the inverse list of files from current location to the specified one.
Etc.