<p>there is some sheer irony in me writing this and not realizing that &quot;ESL&quot; is an uncommonly understood acronym</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.flipdot.org/@pitch" class="u-url mention">@<span>pitch</span></a></span> english as second language</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gaysex.cloud/@sodiboo" class="u-url mention">@<span>sodiboo</span></a></span> &quot;plumbing&quot; is stuff like `git rev-parse`, which would be useful to implement parts of git itself or low-level commands<br />&quot;porcelain&quot; is stuff like `git rebase` that you yourself would interact with</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> what is ESL??<br />i can easily get that distinction, but i don&#39;t know if i am part of the group you assume has problems with that...</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> counterpoint: git add -i</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@SoniEx2" class="u-url mention">@<span>SoniEx2</span></a></span> with git, is there ever really a difference.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> yeah.</p><p>so now that we know...</p><p>do you use the toilet or do you go in the pipes of your git repos?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@SoniEx2" class="u-url mention">@<span>SoniEx2</span></a></span> (are you an ESL speaker?)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> we only just realized they mean toilet and pipes, thanks.</p>