From c5f2af9d3031791ffc97e0dfb4db8df5176b17a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lohmann Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:05:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] init/README: add reference on xkcd git comic --- src/01_init/README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/01_init/README.md b/src/01_init/README.md index e32d12a..8c030da 100644 --- a/src/01_init/README.md +++ b/src/01_init/README.md @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ If you are still paranoid, you should never download repositories like this! Ins Also: if your editor of choice asks you if you want to trust this project - say yes, otherwise its git integration will not work ;) +Once you are done, with it, you will hopefully be the person, people come to when they have questions about git: +![A comic of stick figures describing how beautiful git is, but they just memorize a few commands. And when they run into an issue, they don't know how to deal with it and just copy the file and delete the folder](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/git.png "If that doesn't fix it, git.txt contains the phone number of a friend of mine who understands git. Just wait through a few minutes of 'It's really pretty simple, just think of branches as...' and eventually you'll learn the commands that will fix everything.") + # First steps with `git` `git` takes snapshots of your code, so that you can e.g. go back in the history of a file.