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Magit is an excellent and widely used Git TUI.

by snicker7 4y ago

max_hammer 4y ago
But only available in Emacs
- ogogmad 4y ago
  What's the learning curve if you're not an Emacs user?
  - c54 4y ago
    Emacs with spacemacs or doom-emacs’s spacemacs layer (both lf which use vim bindings aka “evil mode”) is quite similar to vim as far as text editing goes. For me this made the initial learning curve pretty approachable.
  - lvass 4y ago
    It's quite linear if you're using the manual / C-h prefix. More like a spiral if you're like me and keep reaching for external packages to solve problems you're not sure you have. Either way it's really worth it.
  - dan-robertson 4y ago
    I suspect it’s possible to only learn a few things, e.g. C-g to get unstuck, C-x C-c to quit, some config to have a key to open magit status or a clever bash alias, and then the keys in magit for which there is documentation (regular Emacs is also documented) and semi-documented in that when you e.g. press c to start a commit, a pop up appears with eg flags you can set or commit-like actions like reword/amend.
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- ckolkey 4y ago
  And neovim (via neogit)
  - jeremyjh 4y ago
    Do you happen to know if neovim has a helm-ag analog? For the most part that and magit are the only two things I use in emacs anymore and would love to try something lighter weight.
    - lvass 4y ago
      There's vim-grepper but nothing really has a selection interface quite like Helm.
    - _bohm 4y ago
      I use telescope.nvim + ripgrep for what I believe is the same functionality
  - dan-robertson 4y ago
    Neogit is a magit clone rather than secretly actually using magit code, right?
    - lvass 4y ago
      At least until they add an elisp interpreter to vim.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  AFAIK a magit stand alone client exists Anyway, I'm a happy user of this for VS Code https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kahole.magit https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kahole.m...
- Ferret7446 4y ago
  Emacs is basically a textual application library (a curses alternative). It's often perceived as a text editor, but not using Magit because it's implemented on Emacs is like not using X because it's implemented on curses
beepbooptheory 4y ago
Have relied on magit for so long now I am not even sure if I "know git" anymore. Definitely can't imagine doing a complicated rebase without it, or (ab)using stashes so much.
ar_lan 4y ago
I’ve heard great things, but the Emacs dependency is a huge turn off.
chlorion 4y ago
Magit also functions as a proper git GUI with the Emacs GTK interface. Just wanted to mention this in case anyone was under the impression that Magit was TUI only!

Magit is an excellent and widely used Git TUI.

max_hammer 4y ago

But only available in Emacs

ogogmad 4y ago
What's the learning curve if you're not an Emacs user?
- c54 4y ago
  Emacs with spacemacs or doom-emacs’s spacemacs layer (both lf which use vim bindings aka “evil mode”) is quite similar to vim as far as text editing goes. For me this made the initial learning curve pretty approachable.
- lvass 4y ago
  It's quite linear if you're using the manual / C-h prefix. More like a spiral if you're like me and keep reaching for external packages to solve problems you're not sure you have. Either way it's really worth it.
- dan-robertson 4y ago
  I suspect it’s possible to only learn a few things, e.g. C-g to get unstuck, C-x C-c to quit, some config to have a key to open magit status or a clever bash alias, and then the keys in magit for which there is documentation (regular Emacs is also documented) and semi-documented in that when you e.g. press c to start a commit, a pop up appears with eg flags you can set or commit-like actions like reword/amend.
- deleted 4y ago
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ckolkey 4y ago
And neovim (via neogit)
- jeremyjh 4y ago
  Do you happen to know if neovim has a helm-ag analog? For the most part that and magit are the only two things I use in emacs anymore and would love to try something lighter weight.
  - lvass 4y ago
    There's vim-grepper but nothing really has a selection interface quite like Helm.
  - _bohm 4y ago
    I use telescope.nvim + ripgrep for what I believe is the same functionality
- dan-robertson 4y ago
  Neogit is a magit clone rather than secretly actually using magit code, right?
  - lvass 4y ago
    At least until they add an elisp interpreter to vim.
peoplefromibiza 4y ago
AFAIK a magit stand alone client exists Anyway, I'm a happy user of this for VS Code https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kahole.magit https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kahole.m...
Ferret7446 4y ago
Emacs is basically a textual application library (a curses alternative). It's often perceived as a text editor, but not using Magit because it's implemented on Emacs is like not using X because it's implemented on curses

beepbooptheory 4y ago

Have relied on magit for so long now I am not even sure if I "know git" anymore. Definitely can't imagine doing a complicated rebase without it, or (ab)using stashes so much.

ar_lan 4y ago

I’ve heard great things, but the Emacs dependency is a huge turn off.

chlorion 4y ago

Magit also functions as a proper git GUI with the Emacs GTK interface. Just wanted to mention this in case anyone was under the impression that Magit was TUI only!