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Why not just use 'git gui'?
by CuriousSkeptic 11y ago
Why not just use 'git gui'?
- scrollaway 11y agoBecause this isn't the same thing. Did you really create an account just to ask such a question?
- kryptiskt 11y agoYou can stage individual lines and hunks (and split up big hunks) in git gui. So it's a valid question.
- CuriousSkeptic 11y agoI found it odd reference git cli commands as comparison when git gui seems to do precisely what this tool claims to do.
- thingification 11y agoQuoting from the README: In some cases meld is easier / quicker to use than git add -p or the staging feature in tools like git gui. That's because meld allows you, for example, to: see more context see intra-line diffs edit by hand and see 'live' diff updates (updated after every keypress) navigate to a change without saying 'n' to every change you want to skip ... Q. Why not just use <favourite staging tool>? A. Different tools have different pros and cons. You should use what works best for you for a given task! However, I do find tools like meld have some advantages -- see the list at the top of this README for some of them. Try it and see what works for you.