why might someone want to learn Git? wrong answers only
@b0rk Thinking about the time we made a git repo at work just so we could put a custom Python .deb into it for a Docker file to fetch.
This was faster than working with SRE to put the file into an S3 bucket. -.-
(The reason behind needing a custom Python .deb is also a "wrong answers" sort of situation.)
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To make a family tree as commits with parents.
@b0rk To collaborate with the engineers in the organization
@b0rk to truly know despair
@b0rk BDSM doesn’t cut it any more
Those other source control tools are just too easy to use. I want a tool that matches my personality: Onry and difficult to work with.
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(Actually, I'm not completely sure that this is really a wrong answer. 🙄 )
@b0rk catastrophically misunderstanding arbor day
@b0rk To use it as a database for their MMO
@b0rk To checksum my backups
@b0rk The culture on GitHub today is remarkably friendly and inclusive. It is a cheerful place. That cheerfulness is another differentiator.
@b0rk they were told "everyone's a git on the internet" but they misheard it as "everyone's on git on the internet"
@b0rk To sing folk songs around the campfire.
@b0rk Popeye auditions
@b0rk tired of being too nice
@b0rk To overthrow the Galactic Empire, we need to find the Death Star plans, and the astromech droid just gave us a giant git repo… it’s rumored that the jedi used to teach the lost art of git but no one alive except Yoda knows how to use it. Luke Versionwalker travels to the moon of Dagitbah to learn the arcane secrets