Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: sys-boot/gummiboot

[Peter Humphrey]

On Thursday 26 May 2016 09:10:12 Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> You'll spend a while getting used to git, there's no way around it. You
> just have to pick a project and force yourself to use git all day. All
> of the commands have the wrong names:
>
>   * Want to check out a repository? There's `git checkout`, but that's
>     not what it does. You want `git clone`.
>
>   * Want to start a new branch? There's `git branch`, but what you
>     actually want is `git checkout`.
>
>   * Want to reset the modifications you've made to a file? There's
>     `git reset`, but what you really want is `git checkout`.
>
>   * Want to merge your changes with upstream? There's `git merge`,
>     but chances are, you want `git pull --rebase`.
>
>   * Want to commit a new file? There's `git commit`, but it won't work.
>
> ...and so on.

So, it was written by a headstrong, ivory-tower academic whose first language 
isn't English?  ;)

> That said, after my bicycle, git is probably the most useful piece of
> technology I use on a daily basis. All of the time I spent banging my
> head on my desk turned out to be well worth it. So, don't despair too
> much.

-- 
Rgds
Peter