Please. Stop Using Git. - Matthew McCullough

[doyleshawn]

Saw this live at OSCON. Great talk!

[MegF142857]

We wrote our own internal change control system back in early 1990s, which we are still using for development. Hmm... never heard of Git before, but will check it out.

[xitrumch]

@matthewjmccullough Really sorry that I was in doubt about your jokes...But I feel happy after you confirmed the whole show was a parody... :) It's a great talk in that case =p

[binarymutant]

Poe's Law

[matthewjmccullough]

@binarymutant Yup!

[phreakhead]

"And it has such a great interface! So consistent! Just try searching for 'git revert changes'! There's five different ways to do it, and you need to read a whole manual on each one to figure out if it's the one you want! And there's a great community that will post explanations even longer than the manual on when you should use which command. Great. "

[matthewjmccullough]

@phreakhead It really is a great component to the DVCS revolution in version control systems. I'm pleased to see Mercurial, Git, and Bazaar all grow in adoption. I like tools that give me options. It allows me to be the governor in what I learn. Stop by the GitHub free office hours any time and I'll assist with anything Git related.

[xitrumch]

If this is a joke, it's a terrible joke!... I was waiting the whole clip for a reverse ending and got disappointed. Couldn't believe the author really meant such things when he presented it

[basmithtx]

@xitrumch No offense, but is English a second language? He's very obviously joking. :P

[MrSUSHI]

@xitrumch Just look up ... eh ... "sarcasm" ... in a dictionary or sth. ... otherwise great talk ...

[matthewjmccullough]

@MrSUSHI Glad you liked it. 'twas fun to give it and got a lot of laughs.

[matthewjmccullough]

@xitrumch It was a parody to lighten the evening. I teach Git workshops and work for GitHub. It got a lot of laughs from the audience and increased the Git workshop attendance because folks knew they would have fun.