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GitHub Desktop or Git CLI?
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There are much better git UIs out there.
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.
It's not like you lose access to the cli when you use a gui. I personally use both