Maybe git isn't the right tool for you?
I have a set of commands I use multiple times a day, for everything else there are manuals and docs to reference.
Git branch, commit, rebase, merge, clone, check out, pull, push, submodule, remote, and maybe a couple more, are there specific commands you don't use daily? Other than remote and submodule I use all of those almost daily.
Git is highly professionalized. It has layers of modal state. That is built into the operating model. It is made for Linus Torvalds, a professional merger of code. If you are using all of those commands "almost daily", you are a professional code-merger too.
And again, maybe git is the wrong tool for you, that was kind of my point, use cvs or svn it's much closer to what you seem to want.
Some sort of basic version control is definitely important.
> Usually my response is if you use something daily, and you know you lack the skills to use it effectively, why don't you improve your knowledge and seek out training or education?
Seeking out that training would be useless since I don't use git enough.
> Maybe git isn't the right tool for you?
Git is definitely the tool for me. It's better than any other available tool for my situation.
Why the hell would I branch more? Just to get better at git? Sorry, I'm sorry that I work on a small team! Maybe I should go back to CVS?
Stop gate keeping.
You don't want branching and you still think git is the tool for you? Compared to say svn?
Honestly, use svn, its the better tool for your use case.
You don't have to use git.
Don't gaslight me by saying you don't need gits main feature and then suggest I'm gstekeeping, I'm not, youre welcome to use git, just don't complain about your lack of ability to RTFM.
I use a modified gitflow. The article and this thread are about how when you get into trouble, git quickly becomes complicated. It’s not about branching being too hard or whatever you turned this conversation into in your head.
I have multiple branches on the go in a one-person project. I find that very useful. But if you don't, maybe you should go back to SVN? Using git without merging between branches seems like you're making your life complicated for no gain - like using a distributed system framework to run a single-node system.
The comment I'm replying to said "branch more" as if that would solve some kind of problem with edge case complexity.