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I would love to use magit buuuut I don’t want to have to learn emacs… is there any alternative path?

bowsamic 1y ago
Why don’t you want to learn emacs? It isn’t very difficult. It’s never worth it to avoid learning
kqr 1y ago
You can choose to not learn Emacs and still use Magit. Any LLM will teach you the necessary config and then Magit is its own set of keybinds and everything. You don't need to learn the JVM (beyond getting it installed) to play Minecraft and you don't need to learn Emacs to run Magit.
ckolkey 1y ago
First, install doom emacs. Second, create a shell alias for "magit" that is bound to "emacs -nw -f magit". Then just run magit like any other TUI app - the fact that it's in emacs is easy to forget. Or, if you're into neovim, there's Neogit, which is inspired by magit. And if you're not, there's https://github.com/altsem/gitu https://github.com/altsem/gitu
- mi_lk 1y ago
  would you say neogit or gitu offer a dx similar to magit, or are there fundamental gaps
tretiy3 1y ago
gui app for linux with base magit features https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.aganzha.Stage https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.aganzha.Stage
infinet 1y ago
Learning Emacs is easy, I have done it many times... Nowadays I open Emacs exclusively for magit. I only know perhaps less than 5 magit commands, however, even use it for staging changes is such a huge leap and its chunk staging is indispensiable.
iLemming 1y ago
> is there any alternative path Yes there is - `alias vim='emacs -nw'` :) Seriously though, do grant Lisp serious consideration - Emacs only truly comprehensible through the lens of Lisp. The experience may open your eyes to an amazing, wide world of interesting possibilities - Magit is only one of them. No serious programmer and computer scientist would ever outright dismiss Lisp. I'm not saying that you're categorically will fall in love with it, but you may like it. Then, the question "should I try Emacs" would have a completely different meaning.

Why don’t you want to learn emacs? It isn’t very difficult. It’s never worth it to avoid learning

kqr 1y ago

You can choose to not learn Emacs and still use Magit. Any LLM will teach you the necessary config and then Magit is its own set of keybinds and everything. You don't need to learn the JVM (beyond getting it installed) to play Minecraft and you don't need to learn Emacs to run Magit.

ckolkey 1y ago

First, install doom emacs. Second, create a shell alias for "magit" that is bound to "emacs -nw -f magit". Then just run magit like any other TUI app - the fact that it's in emacs is easy to forget. Or, if you're into neovim, there's Neogit, which is inspired by magit. And if you're not, there's https://github.com/altsem/gitu https://github.com/altsem/gitu

mi_lk 1y ago
would you say neogit or gitu offer a dx similar to magit, or are there fundamental gaps

tretiy3 1y ago

gui app for linux with base magit features https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.aganzha.Stage https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.aganzha.Stage

infinet 1y ago

Learning Emacs is easy, I have done it many times... Nowadays I open Emacs exclusively for magit. I only know perhaps less than 5 magit commands, however, even use it for staging changes is such a huge leap and its chunk staging is indispensiable.

iLemming 1y ago

> is there any alternative path Yes there is - `alias vim='emacs -nw'` :) Seriously though, do grant Lisp serious consideration - Emacs only truly comprehensible through the lens of Lisp. The experience may open your eyes to an amazing, wide world of interesting possibilities - Magit is only one of them. No serious programmer and computer scientist would ever outright dismiss Lisp. I'm not saying that you're categorically will fall in love with it, but you may like it. Then, the question "should I try Emacs" would have a completely different meaning.