For me, the hardest thing about learning Git is the lurking feeling that I have to learn it because it has become an unavoidable fad, not because it is the best approach to version management for most common use-cases.
I think your attitude is completely reasonable, and I'm with you on your skepticism. However I am pleasantly surprised that, for once, a software fad lines up with what is actually technically superior. Linus knows how to design software correctly.
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For me, the hardest thing about learning Git is the lurking feeling that I have to learn it because it has become an unavoidable fad, not because it is the best approach to version management for most common use-cases.
I think your attitude is completely reasonable, and I'm with you on your skepticism. However I am pleasantly surprised that, for once, a software fad lines up with what is actually technically superior. Linus knows how to design software correctly.
Debatable. In the two dimensional space of UI quality vs adoption, git seems to be way out on a frontier.