Light cone analogy for git-bisect (2006)

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19 pointsjdoliner4 comments

I think it says something about understanding git when a simplifying analogy by its author is ... special relativity.

"Git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space." [1]

That said, Git was tailored to the specific circumstances of the Linux kernel. I wonder if Linus ever expected it to become the dominant general purpose VCS. Though I suppose Junio Hamano deserves most of the credit for that.

[1] https://twitter.com/tabqwerty/status/45611899953491968

> And maybe that makes more sense to you (if you're into physics), or maybe it makes less sense to you.

At least Linus can laugh about it as well.

Tangetially, this website, Norman Yarvin's archive, is chock full of gems. I highly recommend browsing it, especially its computer section: http://yarchive.net/comp/index.html

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