On: Git is as revolutionary as Unix pipes (2008)

[sliverstorm]

Well, it's been two years and git still isn't making me sandwiches (unlike Unix pipes), so I think he's been proven wrong.

Honestly, I like git, and I like the 'local copy' model, but I feel people go a little overboard sometimes with their enthusiasm for git.

[neutronicus → sliverstorm]

What he's going on about is that git is an efficient implementation of a purely functional data structure on disk. He's advocating using it as one if you ever need one. This is tangential to its role as a version control system.

[apenwarr → neutronicus]

Wow, you just put exactly what I was trying to say into a single simple sentence. Thanks!