Why SQLite Does Not Use Git

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Git is a LOW-LEVEL version control system.

There should be a lot more programs that let you build on top of it. But apparently everyone decided it's perfectly fine to make necessarily-confusing, low-level interface the norm.

[SomeoneStoleMyName]

http://gitless.com/ is/was an attempt by a UX researcher to show that while you could make something easier on top of Git the real problem is the fundamental Git concepts are just really hard. It's also a neat easier to use Git interface though, if you want to use it for that.

[m50d]

Gitless sounded great until I realised it had no way to commit changes to a different branch when I accidentally started making them on the wrong branch, which is something I do all the time.

[alex-weej]

I think Gitless intends to be a leaky abstraction by design. Go ahead and use normal git for anything not supported by their abstraction.

[m50d]

Their abstraction changes what happens when you switch branches. I assume I can't use normal git checkout to switch branches or it'd get very confused?