• smeg
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    1 year ago

    Definitely, last time I used github’s one it could barely do more than push and pull. I’ll almost always use a (good!) UI over the git CLI though.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year 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.

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        1 year ago

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