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I would change one thing in your answer: it's not for Emacs, it's for anyone. If you haven't tried Magit because you're "not an Emacs user" I would recommend yo
by kqr 4y ago
I would change one thing in your answer: it's not for Emacs, it's for anyone. If you haven't tried Magit because you're "not an Emacs user" I would recommend you reconsider. Magit is great, whether or not you use Emacs for other things.
You don't have to be an Emacs user to use applications written for Emacs. You can use just that application (in this case Magit) and do nothing else in Emacs. That is a perfectly valid use case -- Emacs is closer to a Lisp VM than a text editor.
- anthomtb 4y ago>it's not for Emacs, it's for anyone Thanks - this is exactly the info I was looking for when opening this thread. I am going to try out Magit on Monday and, if its good (it probably is) will pass it along to some colleagues. I am very comfortable with the git CLI but many of the engineers at my work are not. Anything that can help me shed my "git guy" title will be a win for all involved.
- throwawaysalome 4y agojust magit and do nothing else in Emacs. That is perfectly valid... Valid but stupid. Don't carry both an Android and an IPhone. Choose one and get good at it.
- kqr 4y agoIs that why only use applications written for CPython and not the JVM, .NET CLR, nor V8? There may be valid reasons to only ever have one type of runtime installed, but most people aren't that fuzzy about the compilation target of the programs they use, as long as it runs and is relatively easy to install.