@nixCraft I consider myself someone who “understands git” and I still learn new commands every week and have heard of some that I’ve never even used nor read the man page:

Git is infinite. Understanding git is like understanding life. We think we do and immediately realise we understand nothing.

@nixCraft Extend that to the whole of IT, that's why there's documentation, in fact if you left someone in this industry without the internet and their documentation they wouldn't be able to do anything, that's why so many people say they don't know what they're doing :blobcatgiggle:.

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I wonder if Linus knows how to use git 🤔😂

@nixCraft Once in a while someone figures it out, is immediately enlightened, and departs this vale of tears.

@nixCraft Same for everything else. Really.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social thanks for the info. I thought I was the only one ​:leafeonflushed:​

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I only manage not to make a complete hash of it by using Github Desktop.. (I know github has a poor rep now MS own it; I'd be quite happy to use other providers, even self hosting a server, but I have never managed to get to grips with the cli tools, and I'd rather spend what little spare time I have enjoying writing code than pulling my hair out learning git or some other tool. )

@nixCraft something something git reset —hard

@nixCraft Git is totally easy, see for yourself!
https://www.tartley.com/posts/a-guide-to-git-using-spatial-analogies/

@nixCraft Thank you. I feel much better now.

@nixCraft Pure witchcraft!

@nixCraft This is interesting - I think there are probably fewer than a dozen commands I use frequently enough that I have them memorized.

My build system uses some arcane commands to automatically create version numbers based on how many commits are between HEAD and the first tag - no need to memorize, it's in the script ;-)

The only time you need to really get a manual out is when someone (maybe even you) has borked up a merge or rebase.

@nixCraft Maybe.

@nixCraft Just like C++. We all just use a few features (compared to the vast full feature set) and hope no need to learn more.

@nixCraft at the risk of breaking the rules by providing potentially useful information, @b0rk has tooted and blogged recently some git related stuff that helped me a whole lot.

@nixCraft *raises hand sheepishly* I, uh, sir… I know git.

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I thought as much.

@nixCraft Does rm -rf count as a git command?

@nixCraft I only use 4 Git commands:

git pull
git commit
git push
git reset --hard

@nixCraft It is known.