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		sneak on March 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Key Git Concepts Explained the Hard Way I know a lot of CS experts who go weeks without saying any of “hunks”, “refspec”, or “tree-ish”. You are making excuses for needless, opaque jargon.

rileymat2 on March 14, 2018 [–]

I was a pretty good CS student and do not remember any of those terms outside of git.

jwilk on March 14, 2018 | [–]

Out of these, only “hunk” is a somewhat common term.

“refspec” and “tree-ish” are obscure and git-specific.

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