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xkcd #1597

Git

by Randall MunroePublished: License: CC BY-NC 2.5

Comic: Git (xkcd #1597). Transcript below.

Git © Randall Munroe · xkcd · CC BY-NC 2.5

Hover textIf 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.

Why it lands

The joke lands because the advice is real: plenty of people use git exactly this way, with a handful of memorized commands and a fresh clone as the error handler. The hover text adds the other common fix, the friend who understands git.

Transcript

  1. THIS IS GIT. IT TRACKS COLLABORATIVE WORK ON PROJECTS THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL DISTRIBUTED GRAPH THEORY TREE MODEL.
  2. COOL. HOW DO WE USE IT?
  3. NO IDEA. JUST MEMORIZE THESE SHELL COMMANDS AND TYPE THEM TO SYNC UP. IF YOU GET ERRORS, SAVE YOUR WORK ELSEWHERE, DELETE THE PROJECT, AND DOWNLOAD A FRESH COPY.

Credits

Original
Git — Randall Munroe, xkcd

The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.