Re: [Discuss] analyzing Git

2016-10-01 Thread Waldman, Simon
> -Original Message- > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.software-carpentry.org] On > Behalf Of W. Trevor King > Sent: 30 September 2016 18:53 > > When Git-wrappers have come up on this list in in the past, the balance has > been between the wrapper APIs (which are clearly more >

Re: [Discuss] analyzing Git

2016-09-30 Thread Matt Davis
If you like the idea of Gitless it is a thing you can install and try yourself: http://gitless.com/ - Matt On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:55 AM W. Trevor King wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 09:23:25AM -0400, Greg Wilson wrote: > > > Based on this analysis, we designed a reworking of Git (called >

Re: [Discuss] analyzing Git

2016-09-30 Thread W. Trevor King
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 09:23:25AM -0400, Greg Wilson wrote: > > Based on this analysis, we designed a reworking of Git (called > > Gitless) that attempts to remedy these flaws. When Git-wrappers have come up on this list in in the past, the balance has been between the wrapper APIs (which are cle

[Discuss] analyzing Git

2016-09-30 Thread Greg Wilson
People who teach or use Git may be interested in http://people.csail.mit.edu/sperezde/pre-print-oopsla16.pdf, which is reviewed at http://neverworkintheory.org/2016/09/30/rethinking-git.html: / Git is a widely used version control system that is powerful but complicated. Its compl