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GitHub Desktop or Git CLI? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by hypnotic_nerd@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] expr@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No matter the GUI you use, you're leaving a lot of useful functionality on the table. By their nature, you only get a small fraction of git's features. There are many useful commands I use regularly that are impossible to replicate using GUIs.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

A good UI (for you personally) should do all the things you regularly do. Git is a complex and messy enough beast that when I have to use the CLI I'm going off the golden path and copy+pasting something arcane.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

It's not like you lose access to the cli when you use a gui. I personally use both