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diff --git a/wiki/git/theory-and-practice/index.md b/wiki/git/theory-and-practice/index.md index f1e8311..04d7a10 100644 --- a/wiki/git/theory-and-practice/index.md +++ b/wiki/git/theory-and-practice/index.md @@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ that front, too), we still have the `git(1)` UI right now and people still get into trouble with it right now. Git follows the New Jersey approach laid out in Richard Gabriel's [The Rise of -"Worse is Better"]: given the choice between a simple implementation and a -simple interface, Git chooses the simple implementation almost everywhere. -This internal simplicity can give users the leverage to fix the problems that -its horrible user interface leads them into, so these pages will focus on -explaining the simple parts and giving users the tools to examine them. +"Worse is Better"](http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html): given the +choice between a simple implementation and a simple interface, Git chooses the +simple implementation almost everywhere. This internal simplicity can give +users the leverage to fix the problems that its horrible user interface leads +them into, so these pages will focus on explaining the simple parts and giving +users the tools to examine them. Throughout these articles, I've written "Git does X" a lot. Git is _incredibly_ configurable; read that as "Git does X _by default_". I'll try to |