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Yep, it's absolutely faster - a command line is simply more responsive than moving a mouse and clicking dialogs if you know exactly what you need to do. I've al
by debaserab2 9y ago
Yep, it's absolutely faster - a command line is simply more responsive than moving a mouse and clicking dialogs if you know exactly what you need to do. I've always used an IDE but I exclusively use the command line for VCS. Setting up a commit is much easier to do if you know all the commands over the tedious drag/right click/choose dialog.
As to your use case, git diff has never failed me.
This is all aside from the fact that the CLI is ubiquitous. One day you'll be in a situation where it's all you have access to, and you'll thank yourself for having learned it (or kick yourself for not).
- scarface74 9y agoWhen would I only have access to the command line as Windows developer? The most I would have to do from a command line in my usual day to day work is use git pull to automate my deployments. But in that case, I also need to know the ins and outs of msbuild. That doesn't mean I'm going to use a regular old text editor and build with msbuild in my daily workflow.
- jounker 9y agoIf you're clicking around with a mouse in a GUI IDE such as IntelliJ to do common tasks then you haven't learned how to use IntelliJ.