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Oh Shit, Git?

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464 points Anon84 | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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phtrivier ◴[16 Jan 25 21:40 UTC] No.42731255[source]▶
This will feel very weird in April 2025, when we celebrate the 20th anniversary of git.

I was there. And at some point I wondered if I should learn git, darcs, or bazaar, to replace SVN or CVS. Or did I try mercurial too ?

I wonder if the "GitHub" effect has basically killed the need for a newcomer in the space of VCS. Maybe at some point, the yak is shaved enough ?

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1. steveklabnik ◴[16 Jan 25 22:02 UTC] No.42731480[source]▶
The GitHub effect is real, like all network effects, but that doesn't mean improvement is impossible. I've switched entirely to jj, and it having git compatibility means that I don't need to rely on anyone else to make that happen.

I am growing increasingly frustrated with various aspects of GitHub, and so I hope someday we all move past it too, but I don't think there's as simple of a path forward there.