In this situation, I prefer to just present the facts/choice to the other person, much as you have above, and let them decide for themselves: So, I know you ar

In this situation, I prefer to just present the facts/choice to the other person, much as you have above, and let them decide for themselves: So, I know you are new to git, and I am happy to help you! Just so you know, I am a bit of a command line kind of guy (because <reasons - it can be scripted, it works out of the box on all of my machines, whatever>). If you'd like to be able to copy exactly what I do and have me help you with any problem that you encounter, you may find it easiest to use exactly the tool/version/environment that I use. However, if you're comfortable doing a bit of research and troubleshooting yourself, feel free to use a different tool that works better for you, and I'll still do my best to help you, but it's possible you'll run into tool-specific issues that I have never encountered and won't be the best person to help with. You could even try both at once, or try one approach and change your mind later on, we'll work it out as we go!