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But you don't use git to write your code. Code autocompletion and cross referencing are pretty big productivity boosters that won't prevent you from learning co
by oldsecondhand 5y ago
But you don't use git to write your code. Code autocompletion and cross referencing are pretty big productivity boosters that won't prevent you from learning command line git. Also I bet you don't use the command line for diffing files.
Also the problems is that most IDEs half ass their git client. When I was using Sourcetree, I rarely ever felt the need to go to the command line.
- dmurray 5y ago> Also I bet you don't use the command line for diffing files. Wait, isn't this normal? I run "diff" and "git diff" all the time (I think I have those both set up to invoke colordiff, but it's still a command line program). Also vim -d. Occasionally I browse diffs on Github or Bitbucket instead. I don't find it an improvement. I do favour editors over IDEs, but I don't think I'm an extremist on this one.
- hactually 5y agoAnother git diff/diff user here. Being able to pipe my code changes is a huge win. Maybe I'm old - my whole os/shell is my ide
- orwin 5y agoFor my sibling using `git diff`, can i introduce you to tig[0]? I think it is inferior to magit, but you can install and test it with `apt install tig` and then `tig` in a git directory. [0] http://jonas.github.io/tig/ http://jonas.github.io/tig/