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You can use both Sublime Text and Sublime Merge without paying if you choose to (as I did when I was a broke student). Unlike VS Code, not all software can be
by kinjba11 6y ago
You can use both Sublime Text and Sublime Merge without paying if you choose to (as I did when I was a broke student).
Unlike VS Code, not all software can be open sourced and provided for free while many paid software engineers are employed to actively develop it by a trillion-dollar corporation. Software that is fast, native and cross platform without ads costs money to make. I support it with my dollars (I use SM and ST). Fortunately, there is a healthy market for GIT GUI clients as seen by Git Kraken, Source Tree, Fork, Sublime Merge, etc.
- nikolay 6y agoThank you for stating the obvious! My point was that there are cheaper and better git GUI tools - many of them free, some paid, yet, cheaper. $100 is way too much for something you get better and for free or less. For example, VS Code + plugins like Git Lens is better than Sublime Merge.
- kinjba11 6y agoGitLens is great, if you like it use it. When I use VS Code I do, but VS Code is not the only tool I use in my work. You are free to your opinion of course, I am just not a fan of statements like "X is better than Y because Y costs money" with no evidence, as if it were obvious. The GitLens website asks for monetary support and sponsorship front and center. If that's the way you prefer, that is perfectly OK. That doesn't automatically make it a better product.
- nikolay 6y agoAll my dev tools are open-source... I don't want to break the rule and add a nagware to the stack.