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dgxyzyesterday at 6:08 PM4 repliesview on HN

Virtually no one knows how to do anything with it outside of github.


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nine_kyesterday at 6:16 PM

Your favorite search engine or LLM will show you in a second, it's really easy.

The problem is that it's not enough. The fact that Github uses Git specifically is a technical detail; it could use mercurial equally easily, as Bitbucket used to. Github Actions, OWNERS files, PRs and review tools, issue tracker, wiki are all not Git features.

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TZubiriyesterday at 6:36 PM

You might be surprised, but that's not true at all.

I once read someone commenting "Nobody writes code by hand without looking syntax up".

Man, you are just outing yourself as a complete beginner, the field is way deeper than you imagine and it's not even close.

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Joe_Coolyesterday at 6:15 PM

That's a them problem.

tonymetyesterday at 6:26 PM

i still find insightful ways to use git every day. amazing tool. it's a shame for those who only see it as "how to sync my repo with my coworkers"