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I have 10 years of git cli and I use GitHub desktop or Sourcetree most of the time. I started using using a git IDE to help support the team members that weren’

I have 10 years of git cli and I use GitHub desktop or Sourcetree most of the time. I started using using a git IDE to help support the team members that weren’t experienced in git that chose to use one. I work in games and a lot of game developers mostly know Perforce. I would never brush off a team member with “cannot help you”. I’m a git expert and I will figure out what’s wrong and fix it.

thwarted 5y ago
But are you an expert in the IDE? Are they having a problem with git or are they having a problem with the IDE?
- Dayshine 5y ago
  Every IDE I know shows you a log of the raw commands its running. I use the IDE first, then if something goes wrong (which very very rarely happens, git isn't exactly complicated) I check the log and see what it's trying to do.
  - Salgat 5y ago
    On top of that, the IDE will let you run git directly in an authenticated session if you really desire. If a simple/dumb GUI wrapper around git is enough to scare off an experienced developer, then I have my doubts about their competence.
- jbluepolarbear 5y ago
  It’s usually a mix of both ide and git issues. And yes I’ve become an expert in using Sourcetree and GitHub desktop. I actually like GitHub Desktop a lot and use it for most dev now.
Aeolun 5y ago
Oh, I’ll figure out the problem alright. One git status on the command line aught to tell me what it is.