>The conclusion I draw from this is that you can only really use Git if you understand how Git works.
I say this as someone who uses git regularly, and who prefers it to all other version control systems I have tried:
A tool that breaks the principle of encapsulation by forcing you to grok its internals if you are to have any hope of understanding its arcane and inconsistent usage syntax is frankly not a very good tool.
By contrast, I don't understand how vim works beyond the base conceptual level (keypress goes in, character shows up on screen or command is executed) and yet I don't have any trouble using it. I don't need to know vim's internals to use it effectively. Vim is a good tool.
I say this as someone who uses git regularly, and who prefers it to all other version control systems I have tried:
A tool that breaks the principle of encapsulation by forcing you to grok its internals if you are to have any hope of understanding its arcane and inconsistent usage syntax is frankly not a very good tool.
By contrast, I don't understand how vim works beyond the base conceptual level (keypress goes in, character shows up on screen or command is executed) and yet I don't have any trouble using it. I don't need to know vim's internals to use it effectively. Vim is a good tool.