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From What does the term "porcelain" mean in Git?: "Porcelain" is the material from which toilets are usually made (and sometimes other fixtures such as washbasins). This is distinct from "plumbi...
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2025-04-30T11:31:12Z (4 days ago)
Why isn't "porcelain" a popular term?
From [What does the term "porcelain" mean in Git?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/6976506/3416774): > "Porcelain" is the material from which toilets are usually made (and sometimes other fixtures such as washbasins). This is distinct from "plumbing" (the actual pipes and drains), where the porcelain provides a more user-friendly interface to the plumbing. > > Git uses this terminology in analogy, to separate the low-level commands that users don't usually need to use directly (the "plumbing") from the more user-friendly high level commands (the "porcelain"). As "plumbing" is a well-known term in Unix, I wonder why "porcelain" isn't popularized as well?