> just learned the basics because nontrivial version-control tasks just got so complex, so fast, it was usually quicker to go outside the system or even redo your work. Even thinking about what was going on was hard.
Is that really true? If so, that's pathetic and my respect for my fellow developers as largely competent professionals is misplaced.
In the old days (CVS), in some circumstances it was easier to avoid CVS than actually use it. CVS had a lot of warts that people generally just worked around.
Is that really true? If so, that's pathetic and my respect for my fellow developers as largely competent professionals is misplaced.