Mercurial

I think you would like this talk by Richard Hipp (author of Fossil SCM) called Git: Just Say No: hooktube.com/watch?v=ghtpJnrdgbo .

1. Nothing that can't be fixed. Send Linus a patch.
2. Time to throw away your 28k modem, don't you think so?
Yes it is. git fetch Of course, this doesn't update any of your local branches that may be tracking any remote branches, but as a git user you ought to know that.

And that's why git is shit? Pathetic tbh.

does github have a points system like reddit and stack overflow? i need gratification with points if i am to contribute to software. does anything else offer the points?

Github and Gitlab have stars (like "likes" or "upvotes"; no downvotes tho). But few people actually give a fuck about collecting these. It's just a way of showing the dev that you like his software without actually messaging him or sending money.
The number of forks, i.e. how often it has been cloned within the platform, is also shown.

cool. so if i get a commit accepted to a project i can start to collect points?

You don't get to collect any points for accepted merge requests, but activity (pushed commits, posted comments, opened issues, merged branches etc.) is shown in a diagram. Both Github and Gitlab have this. Not really motivating, but it might help with job applications.

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What does longest streak mean? That you contributed everyday during that time? Does that include comments also, or only actual source?

I don't know because I've never really cared. I've only ever viewed it as a quick way to tell if someone's likely to reply to a bug report within a few days.

streak is everything including comments, closing issues etc, i think, not just commits to git.

So what's going to happen to my code now that Microsoft has bought Github, exactly? I'm not sure what the problem is? Are they going to "spy" on my code? I mean anyone can already do that.