Agreed I think some hybrid is the answer. As a CLI user I've tried to get used to git GUIs several times and keep going back to the command line because I alwa

Agreed I think some hybrid is the answer. As a CLI user I've tried to get used to git GUIs several times and keep going back to the command line because I always get the feeling like I am not 100% sure what it's doing or going to do. I also find it annoying to have to understand yet another set of primitives / keyboard shortcuts etc., when I've already got git's. I would love GUI tools to complement the command line, instead of replacing it. Already I use the CLI 95% of the time, and launch gitk for that 5% when I really need to see the commit tree graphically. Usually before a merge is the only time I do this. I wonder if that's a way forward.. a graphical equivalent of "tab completion" when you are trying to write out a command. Instead of a GUI that tries to make git "simpler" by hiding the command-line, how about something that takes the git command you are already trying to write, and helps you write it, e.g. by showing you results of a dry-run on the fly.