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How has Git changed the way you think about version control? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Coming from CVS and ClearCase it took me some time to adopt to Git. The fact that it was distributed was confusing at first, for example, because I thought that would cause chaos. But the way we used it was actually not "that distributed". But once I understood how it worked, not doing DVCS was "the wrong way" immediately.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The staging area changed the way I work for the better. When I develop something, a file can be at the same time "not modified yet," in progress where I can carefully accept or reject the modifications, and partially done when the parts have been confirmed and added to the staging area.

Once nothing is "in progress" anymore, I know that my future commit is almost perfect and I can quickly review my stuff before committing. It’s faster and more safe than other tools.