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NeoBasilisk on Nov 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linus Torvalds: Git proved I could be more than a ...

Git succeeded in spite of its CLI, not because of it.

CydeWeys on Nov 2, 2019 [–]

It's a good point: just because an entire product won out doesn't mean that every single one of its features was individually superior to its competitors. This is definitely not true for git.

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