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> Tower for pushing code to GitHub. Makes Git simple. Say goodbye to the command line. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/post/32917749004/when-someone-says-a-git-gui

> Tower for pushing code to GitHub. Makes Git simple. Say goodbye to the command line. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/post/32917749004/when-someone-says-a-git-gui-is-better-than-the-command http://wheningit.tumblr.com/post/32917749004/when-someone-sa...

pico303 14y ago
zsh + oh-my-zsh. Better than any GUI. But thus guy lost me when he said he "wasn't any good at the Terminal". And using Spotlight over Alfred? Launchpad? who uses Launchpad? Crazy.
- homosaur 14y ago
  Alfred is using Spotlight under the hood. The searching is basically no better. I prefer Quicksilver which has a much richer search capability. Alfred 2 has some nice workflow features though, I've been experimenting with it.
- steeve 14y ago
  Allow me to point you to prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto, which is a lightweight version of oh-my-zsh. I couldn't stand waiting 10+ seconds to open a new prompt...
  - tvon 14y ago
    Excellent, now I don't suppose you know of a stripped down Janus?
    - aerique 14y ago
      Emacs.
    - Vitaly 14y ago
      http://github.com/astrails/dotvim http://github.com/astrails/dotvim
  - pico303 14y ago
    Bless you, though this does mean I'm going to have to learn a whole new set of shortcuts.
homosaur 14y ago
Not sure why you'd spend $60 or whatever Tower is when SourceTree is free anyway. I'm not sure that Tower does a single thing that SourceTree doesn't.
- gte910h 14y ago
  I love SourceTree. I've tried several other guis, only one I keep using.
- rimantas 14y ago
  Sometimes is not only about "what" but also about "how".
- mikec3k 14y ago
  I have both Tower & SourceTree but I use the command line most of the time. The only time I use one of those tools is when I have to do something complex like cherry-pick or resolving conflicts.
instakill 14y ago
Or use Gitx
drivebyacct2 14y ago
I don't know about "hipster", but I genuinely feel sorry for "developers" that can't take a few hours to learn the basics of the terminal. I can't imagine having to use a GUI to do my development. (IDE, or SCM, or otherwise, even my documentation is all commandline via godoc)
- crazygringo 14y ago
  And I feel sorry for "developers" who think that real "developers" only use the terminal. I can use git from the terminal. And hate it with a passion. I personally can't imagine doing real development without the efficiency of a GUI to assist. But I totally understand that other people have the opposite opinion, and respect that. Everyone's mind works in different ways. But just because you like the command line, doesn't mean other people can't find it more efficient to use a GUI.
- archagon 14y ago
  When you're picking out specific lines to commit, or selecting certain files out of a batch, or reading through a long diff, or doing any number of things that requires random access, GUI beats CLI by a long shot. Of course, GUI doesn't work so well when you need to do some of the more fiddly stuff. Which is why it's good to use both. :)
  - da_n 14y ago
    That's what $ gitk is for.
    - archagon 14y ago
      Perhaps, but it's also one of the ugliest applications known to man! Personally, I tend to use GitX when I'm working on small projects, but Tower really is a great tool.
      - da_n 14y ago
        It's not that bad, just took a screenshot of bootstrap repo: http://imgur.com/zpFpiFL http://imgur.com/zpFpiFL I mean we're talking about git here, does it need to have iPhoto like polish? I like SourceTree if I really need to spend time in a GUI, but gitk is great for just quick visual overview. I tried a demo of Tower a while back but it just felt like it was getting in the way.

pico303 14y ago

zsh + oh-my-zsh. Better than any GUI. But thus guy lost me when he said he "wasn't any good at the Terminal". And using Spotlight over Alfred? Launchpad? who uses Launchpad? Crazy.

homosaur 14y ago
Alfred is using Spotlight under the hood. The searching is basically no better. I prefer Quicksilver which has a much richer search capability. Alfred 2 has some nice workflow features though, I've been experimenting with it.
steeve 14y ago
Allow me to point you to prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto, which is a lightweight version of oh-my-zsh. I couldn't stand waiting 10+ seconds to open a new prompt...
- tvon 14y ago
  Excellent, now I don't suppose you know of a stripped down Janus?
  - aerique 14y ago
    Emacs.
  - Vitaly 14y ago
    http://github.com/astrails/dotvim http://github.com/astrails/dotvim
- pico303 14y ago
  Bless you, though this does mean I'm going to have to learn a whole new set of shortcuts.

homosaur 14y ago

Not sure why you'd spend $60 or whatever Tower is when SourceTree is free anyway. I'm not sure that Tower does a single thing that SourceTree doesn't.

gte910h 14y ago
I love SourceTree. I've tried several other guis, only one I keep using.
rimantas 14y ago
Sometimes is not only about "what" but also about "how".
mikec3k 14y ago
I have both Tower & SourceTree but I use the command line most of the time. The only time I use one of those tools is when I have to do something complex like cherry-pick or resolving conflicts.

instakill 14y ago

Or use Gitx

drivebyacct2 14y ago

I don't know about "hipster", but I genuinely feel sorry for "developers" that can't take a few hours to learn the basics of the terminal. I can't imagine having to use a GUI to do my development. (IDE, or SCM, or otherwise, even my documentation is all commandline via godoc)

crazygringo 14y ago
And I feel sorry for "developers" who think that real "developers" only use the terminal. I can use git from the terminal. And hate it with a passion. I personally can't imagine doing real development without the efficiency of a GUI to assist. But I totally understand that other people have the opposite opinion, and respect that. Everyone's mind works in different ways. But just because you like the command line, doesn't mean other people can't find it more efficient to use a GUI.
archagon 14y ago
When you're picking out specific lines to commit, or selecting certain files out of a batch, or reading through a long diff, or doing any number of things that requires random access, GUI beats CLI by a long shot. Of course, GUI doesn't work so well when you need to do some of the more fiddly stuff. Which is why it's good to use both. :)
- da_n 14y ago
  That's what $ gitk is for.
  - archagon 14y ago
    Perhaps, but it's also one of the ugliest applications known to man! Personally, I tend to use GitX when I'm working on small projects, but Tower really is a great tool.
    - da_n 14y ago
      It's not that bad, just took a screenshot of bootstrap repo: http://imgur.com/zpFpiFL http://imgur.com/zpFpiFL I mean we're talking about git here, does it need to have iPhoto like polish? I like SourceTree if I really need to spend time in a GUI, but gitk is great for just quick visual overview. I tried a demo of Tower a while back but it just felt like it was getting in the way.