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by crispyambulance 1839 days ago
The sad thing is you can't just "figure it out." Most folks do "good-enough" after some coaching and memorizing a limited set of commands needed for their workflow-- until something unexpected happens.

It could be a typo, or trying something new, or forgetting/misunderstanding the intent of some counterintuitive command, or maybe cleaning up an existing problem. All those things can easily put someone in a deep rabbit hole of inside git book or, worse, google search.

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Well it's understandable. Moving nodes in a graph (a tree, really) has a lot of side effects. Couple that with multiple people trying to keep things in sync(ish) and it gets super complex.