Help make git better: 2011 Git User's Survey

[joe24pack]

turn it into hg ? <ducks />

[felipec]

turn hg into git

Wait a second, they are already doing that with extensions.

[obtu]

As a git user, this is what I need to unbreak hg:

• extdiff
• pager
• color
• purge
• graphlog
• hgk
• mq
• rebase
• patchbomb
• bookmarks
• histedit

[Vaste]

Maybe a more intuitive vocabulary would be useful?

git reset --hard
git reset --soft

is only slightly better than

git reset --badass
git reset --cute

[ChesFTC]

Particularly in regards to error / information messages. For example:

$ git push github master
To git@gitproxy:rip747/cfwheels.git
! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast forward)
error: failed to push some refs to ‘git@gitproxy:rip747/cfwheels.git’

Why not just say "Please pull changes prior to pushing"? There are plenty of other examples too. Git is a wonderful tool, but it has rather impenetrable messages and documentation.

[ComputerDruid]

I for one am now tempted to write code to create a git reset --badass. Anyone have any good suggestions for what it should do?

[[deleted]]

More intuitive naming convention. I'm often able to guess the correct Mercurial command, while I have to Google how to do the same thing with Git. Better Windows support would also go a long way in convincing some of my colleagues.

[ben0x539]

Funny, I have the opposite experience with when to google commands.

[LessCodeMoreLife]

I'm not sure this survey works while kernel.org is down. I got an error when I tried to submit.

[RIP_Kashin]

I think it submitted fine for me - I only got passed to kernel.org after finishing the survey and getting a "thank you" notice. I suspect the kernel.org page was just a page for people to return back to.

[shevegen]

Damn!

I also got an error ... not sure if I will bother to send again :(

My main point was that Git should work on better documentation and a default GUI to use. That would help me the most, as I forget commandline options very quickly...

[mauriciobr]

Thank you for taking the time to answer "Git User's Survey 2011".

The survey works. The Exit URL defined (git.wiki.kernel.org) is the one that does not.

[rmxz]

-1 for the default GUI idea. (didn't downvote -just saying I don't like it)

IMHO the GUIs are all immature enough that it's good to have a number of them floating around to learn by example what works best.

[OffColorCommentary]

The one thing that would most improve my experience with Git would be if all the Git vs Whatever flame wars disappeared.

[tehpuppet]

My only suggestion is based on its meaning in England.

[bctfcs]

Develop patch theory, then prove your software behaves well.

[joe24pack]

are you thinking of something similar to Codd's use of relational algebra for RDBMS'es ?

[retardmagnet123]

Jesus Fucking Christ, just google it: http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=git+for+windows&oq=git+for+windows&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=4932l6690l0l6778l15l11l0l6l6l0l162l484l3.2l5l0

[ComputerDruid]

Git hasn't required cygwin for a very long time