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What were your misconceptions about Git when you first started? (self.git)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by canpolat to c/git

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I used CVS and ClearCase before moving into Git, and it took me some time to adjust to the fact that the cost of branching in Git is much much less than ClearCase. And getting into the "distributed" mindset didn't happen overnight.

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[–] FizzyOrange 2 points 6 months ago

They're not that simple because of packfiles. But yeah loose files are very simple. Also the documentation for packfiles is pretty bad. You end up reading other people's random notes and the Git source code. (I actually have written a Git client from scratch.)