Another reason to try emacs for magit/git is the integration with emacs' version control functions. It's very easy to C-x v l to see the log of a file under git

Another reason to try emacs for magit/git is the integration with emacs' version control functions. It's very easy to C-x v l to see the log of a file under git, and then use 'd' to see the diff and 'f' to actually look at the full file. This can be helpful when people are still trying to figure out how to use hashes over revision numbers.