> Think about vim: it is cryptic, does everything different than everything else out there , but it gives you something in return.
The same could be said about git. For example, branching and merging is far better with it compared to previous VCS systems like SVN or CVS. And, like git, one had to read the documentation of those systems to have a good understanding about how to use them.
> I like reading manuals, but not for things that could have been totally obvious if somebody spent a split second thinking about how to communicate it clearly.
But should everything be totally obvious? For example, I doubt someone who hasn't read the documentation at some point could write a simple hello world program in most programming languages without making an error.
The same could be said about git. For example, branching and merging is far better with it compared to previous VCS systems like SVN or CVS. And, like git, one had to read the documentation of those systems to have a good understanding about how to use them.
> I like reading manuals, but not for things that could have been totally obvious if somebody spent a split second thinking about how to communicate it clearly.
But should everything be totally obvious? For example, I doubt someone who hasn't read the documentation at some point could write a simple hello world program in most programming languages without making an error.