sussman on git #2 - Fortune

sussman on git #2

"Git is the stupid content tracker."

Git, the greatest WYGIWYG revision control system of all.

GIT IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! GIT HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! GIT WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! GIT IS THE STUPID CONTENT TRACKER! GIT MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!! GIT WAS HANDED DOWN TO US FROM LINUS UPON THE MOUNTAIN, AND LINUX USERS SHALL NOT WORSHIP ANY OTHER TRACKER!

When I use a version control system, I don't want eight extra MEGABYTES of worthless HTTP protocol support. I just want to GIT on with my coding! I don't want to subvert away or mercurialize! Those aren't even WORDS!!! GIT! GIT! GIT IS THE STUPID!!!

CONTENT TRACKER.

When Linus, in his ever-present omnipotence, needed to base his patch juggling habits on existing tools, did he mimic svn? No. Hg? Surely you jest. He created the most karmic version tracker of all. The stupid one.

Git is for those who can *remember* what project they are working on. If you are an idiot, you should use subversion. If you are subversive, you should not be mercurial. If you use GIT, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE SO-CALLED "FRIENDLY" SCM SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY GIT TO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY LINUS HAS SPOKEN!!!

Author Ben Collins-Sussman
Work Git, man! man git