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Jetbrains seems a bit lost these days. Look at that very recent screw up [0]. I thought about moving after 10+ years when they abandoned the commit modal, and
by conradfr 10mo ago
Jetbrains seems a bit lost these days. Look at that very recent screw up [0].
I thought about moving after 10+ years when they abandoned the commit modal, and jacked up the plan prices, but I barely understand how to commit things in Vscode anyway. Let's see in 2026.
[0] https://blog.jetbrains.com/datagrip/2025/12/18/query-consoles-are-coming-back/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/datagrip/2025/12/18/query-console...
- _virtu 10mo agoThe commit workflow was what kept me locked in to the ecosystem for so long. LazyGit was so good that it convinced me I didn’t need JetBrains anymore. If you love the workflow with JB for commits check out LazyGit. It’s a TUI so you can use it in any editor without much friction.
- notpushkin 10mo agoOr if you prefer a GUI (still separate app, so works anywhere, too): https://git-cola.github.io/ https://git-cola.github.io/
- shunia_huang 10mo agoGraphical interface won't work well inside WSL, that's why I dropped my subscription on GitKraken and start using lazygit. lazygit simply works in almost any environment, and it works extremely well even if you are not into terminal stuff.
- notpushkin 10mo agoYeah, that’s the power of TUI. I would probably give it a go, too, but Git Cola works for me on Linux and Mac without too many issues. (By “works anywhere”, I meant you can use it with any IDE or editor, or just run it from terminal, though it is cross-platform and should work on Windows, just not sure how well it would play with WSL.)
- wkat4242 10mo agoYeah I really wish VSCode had a TUI option :( That would be so useful and so much more performant
- _virtu 10mo agoWhat’s stopping you from using it in the terminal view of VSCode? Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your comment so please forgive me if I am. Maybe you’re saying that you wish VSCose itself was a TUI?
- wkat4242 10mo agoYes the latter, that it did have a TUI option for its interface.
- notpushkin 10mo agoI think I’ve seen a project running vscode as a server (?) and rendering it in terminal, but I can’t find it now. There’s a lot of decent TUI editors nowadays though, and with LSP they’re pretty on-par with vscode. Maybe try Micro? https://micro-editor.github.io/ https://micro-editor.github.io/
- tracker1 10mo agoA TUI editor with a lot of the features of VS Code could be pretty cool... Basically a relatively thin shell on the remote editor server.
- ffsm8 10mo agoReally? While there its certainly slightly annoying because they have the "double menu bar" if they use a non-standard one like the jetbrains ides do... I feel like wsl gui support has essentially become a "solved issue" for a while now.
- shunia_huang 10mo agoYes and no, GitKraken actually have a graphical interface for WSL (or Linux generally), but it is barely usable as the WSL-g does not really work well. It's blurry for Hi-Res screen and the performance is like hell. I would never try running any graphical stuff in WSL anymore, not worth it. VMWare with a graphical installation of any Linux system would be a preferred choice as I'm testing lately.
- Datagenerator 10mo agoOr Proxmox or just virt-manager
- notpushkin 10mo agoHmmm, is there a native virt-manager build on Windows? Though I suppose running it in WSL and connecting with an external SPICE client would work just as well. (I’m wondering if there’s a way to just run SPICE server in WSL.)
- gizzlon 10mo agoJust found LazyGit as well. it's amazing! Also like Sublime Merge, if you want a GUI (paid though)
- nikanj 10mo agoFortunately JB broke that addiction for my by first moving the commit dialog behind an option, and then removing it completely. If I have to learn a new workfrow, I might as well learn a new tool
- conradfr 10mo agoCurrently the plugin version still works but they made it clear it will be unmaintained in the future.
- KptMarchewa 10mo agoI'm kinda reading this with disbelief. Are there people whose primary use case for IDE is... git gui?
- midasz 10mo agoTo be fair, VS Code git implementation is really off-putting if you've used something good.
- KptMarchewa 10mo agoI have no idea about both. I just use git in terminal.
- enlyth 10mo agoPersonally I love it and find it very intuitive. It allows you to do stuff so much faster than having to type everything manually into the terminal. Also really enjoy the "Undo Last Commit" feature and how I can easily see all modified files at once and shuffle around stuff between the staging area.
- maccard 10mo agoThe parent is comparing it to, e.g. jetbrains git integration.
- jgalt212 10mo agoGit is just that bad, huh? The best backhanded endorsement of mercurial I've seen so far.
- KptMarchewa 10mo agoI've always had the opinion that people complaining about it are just holding it wrong.
- conradfr 10mo agoJetbrains' implementation is (was?) just that good, yes (combined with local history).
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- giancarlostoro 10mo agoI have been leaning towards Zed.
- sesm 10mo agoDid they abandon the commit modal? In 2024 line it's disabled by default (in favor of tool window) but you can enable it back.
- jghn 10mo agoThey have a plugin for the old behavior
- thiht 10mo ago> I barely understand how to commit things in Vscode anyway Yeah that’s on you not even trying. Source control panel, add files or chunks, write message, commit.
- mzhaase 10mo agoYou can put it all on a hotkey.
- taytus 10mo agoI've been a paying user for years. I don't see the point anymore since claude code.
- tracker1 10mo agoI mostly rely on the CLI for my git operations anyway. It does make it hard to support others who are using the tools (VS/code/jetbrains, etc) though, since I don't really "get" the workflows in the GUI tools at all.
- krzyk 10mo agoDoesn't Jetbrains MCP (it is built on n, you need just to enable it) provide tool for refactoring?