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0 pointsjimmaswell4y ago0 comments

Sometimes you just want your tool to get out of your way and get the job done, instead of deeply understanding it. No shame in that. There are limited hours in the day and sometimes other things are more important.

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megous4y ago

I get what you mean, but git is basically a tool for manipulating the .git directory (and a working directory checkout).

I think understanding what .git dir contains and represents is as important as understanding the tool.

It's not like you need to understand how the tool works internally, or how it's built.

Analogy would be that you want to understand how to use a hammer, sure, but also the characteristics of material you manipulate with it. You don't need to understand how the hammer is built.

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megous4y ago

I get what you mean, but git is basically a tool for manipulating the .git directory (and a working directory checkout).

I think understanding what .git dir contains and represents is as important as understanding the tool.

It's not like you need to understand how the tool works internally, or how it's built.

Analogy would be that you want to understand how to use a hammer, sure, but also the characteristics of material you manipulate with it. You don't need to understand how the hammer is built.

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