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Article argues that git is intrinsically confusing--if you could redesign git from scratch, what would you change? (dl.acm.org)
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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Git is a graph of commits and you can't really display a graph in any way except visually. Even the CLI has a way of showing it visually (git log --graph).

Think about other graphs you might interact with, e.g. node graphs in 3D graphics of music production. How many of them do you manipulate with a CLI?