Is anyone here using a GUI for git? If yes - which one and why? (szmer.info)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lysy@szmer.info to c/programming@beehaw.org

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I ask because I like console, but at the same time have difficulties remembering all the commands. I'd like to try a GUI that is comfortable to use with only a keyboard.
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[-] alottachairs@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Github desktop is the only way I know how to clone my private repo. I do not understand how to clone my private repos through CLI.

[-] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Github desktop will get you into trouble if you ever try to work with a team. Fine for solo development

[-] MoonRocketeer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I use Github Desktop but am looking to start moving toward CLI soon for this reason; though to be honest, I only know it's not good practice and don't know the reason why. What kind of issues can happen in a team environment using it?

[-] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

The CLI and probably other more advanced guis are going to give you the option to:

bisect: very useful for debugging. Like definitely check it out.
rebase: excellent for clean commits. I use it all the time to squash commits together
diff arbitrary branches and commits. Super useful for debugging.
cherry pick: useful to apply a commit from a different branch or remote
Apply: I use it to pass around patches for things for testing / debugging.

That's just off the top of my head and also stuff that you can learn on the job. Good to know it exists though. I still use a "gui" (fugitive for vim) for simple tasks, like staging files 🙂

[-] ascense@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For me, I don't think I could survive without git stash, I use it daily for various reasons (e.g. for validating a small bug fix, git stash & git stash pop lets me attempt to reproduce the issue both with and without a correction). The one downside with the CLI stash command is that it's very easy to forget things in stash though, but I don't think GUIs generally support stashing?

Another one I find myself doing quite often is git checkout BRANCH -- PATH, to pull specific versions of files between branches.

[-] MoonRocketeer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this, absolutely helpful information.

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