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I came to the same conclusion but I admit I didn't spend too much time looking at it. I first visited their docs: https://magit.vc/manual/magit.html#Introducti
by watty 9y ago
I came to the same conclusion but I admit I didn't spend too much time looking at it.
I first visited their docs: https://magit.vc/manual/magit.html#Introduction https://magit.vc/manual/magit.html#Introduction
And saw that it's over 100 pages (printed).
- taeric 9y agoFeels odd punishing a tool for extensive docs. :) It is powerful, in that it exposes everything of git. However, I doubt most people use most of that. I've found few, for example, know all the flags you can pass log. Magit actually helps fill them with tab completion on path names and such. Just read the getting started guide, and you are set for most use cases.
- watty 9y agoIt could be that I would only need 10% of this knowledge, I get it. I really wasn't intending to "punish" it, simply stating that over 100 pages of detailed docs for a Git UI can be intimidating.
- taeric 9y agoI meant that in a lighthearted way. I know you aren't actually punishing it. At the same time, I fully understand the intimidation of a giant doc. I'm just not sure how to actually address that. The big doc is good to have. It is a shame folks land immediately on it.