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> I use git on the CLI 99.9% of the time. I never used a GUI for git and don’t see a reason to. Because it shows more information about the state and spares yo
by eviks 2y ago
> I use git on the CLI 99.9% of the time. I never used a GUI for git and don’t see a reason to.
Because it shows more information about the state and spares you the trouble of navigating much of the zoo that is git cli design
For example,
> It shows the current branch and whether the repository is dirty, i.e. whether it has uncommitted changes
And the GUI would also show what/where those changes are and allow jumping to edit them. And you'd get updates after you edit even without manually refreshing the prompt
- muldvarp 2y ago> spares you the trouble of navigating much of the zoo that is git cli design Yeah. I understand the inner workings of git and am perfectly capable of using git on the command line but the git cli is just so horribly designed. I regularly have to google how to perform rather basic actions because the cli just isn't structured in any sensible way.