Re: irt: Re: Core statement on version control systems

[Jörg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On 12/26/25 11:59 PM, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> At Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:03:30 +0000, David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> Subject: Re: irt: Re: Core statement on version control systems
> > <- Git has these design flaws
>
> You keep saying "design flaws" where almost everyone else keeps saying
> "design choices".
>
> You might disagree with the choices git developers and maintainers have
> made, but they are, for the most part, quite conscious choices.

Git's meta data model has been created in what, 2 days according to the 
creator? Why is it so hard to believe that issues slipped through? Heck, 
why isn't that the default assumption?

Git already had to acknowledge that quite a few parts of its initial 
design are not good design "choices". The exchange protocol for example 
only ever really worked well for a small number of remote references. 
Fixing that took ages, because it required buy in from github.

Joerg