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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    • BentiGorlich@thebrainbin.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      I am using it too and I love it. I only know source tree as a competitor and in comparision it sucks…

      You dont have to pay for it, even when using it comercially (unpess they changed that)

      • Modal@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        2 years ago

        It has a “free evaluation” that I think can be as long as you want it to be / honor system.
        Its been worth it to me to pick up a license and support the development though. Its reasonably priced (for a dev tool) / no subscription and definitely beats the free clients I was using before (Sourcetree/GithubDesktop).

    • Kaldo@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Came here to recommend it too, really neat and practical tool and I haven’t found a better alternative yet. Honestly I don’t know why are people so against GUI git tools, it makes visualizing branches and commits so much more easier. I don’t think you can use it only with your keyboard as OP asked though, dunno how important that is to them.

  • exu@feditown.com
    7·
    2 years ago

    Magit with emacs (doom emacs to be fully honest). More a TUI, but definitely fully keyboard driven :)

    • dolle@feddit.dk
      2·
      2 years ago

      Same here. I don’t even use emacs for development anymore (I use IntelliJ since all my work is on the JVM and Typescript) but I still have an emacs running in the background for magit and org-mode. Magit is insanely effective for performing complex rebasing and cherry-picking tasks.

  • corytheboyd@kbin.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    These days I can run everything I need to with the git cli. I use the JetBrains visual merge tool to resolve conflicts, because doing that by hand is so awfully error prone, it very very intuitively maps to a visual process

  • priapus@lemmy.one
    5·
    2 years ago

    I use Lazygit, which is a TUI. It is entirely controlled by keyboard shortcuts and has a lot of quick ways to do tedious things.

    • Viktorian@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      +1 for Lazygit. It doesn’t cover all of my needs so I have to use the CLI for a few small things, but for 99% of your typical git usage this tool is such a gift.

      • dmrzl@programming.dev
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m curious: what’s missing for you?

        I needed a few smaller features (like rebasing onto any commit, not just HEAD) and found the code quite easy to adapt to my needs (had to take half a day to learn Go first though).

        A proper gerrit integration would be awesome though.

        What’s lacking for you and where did you end up tool-wise?

  • fidodo@beehaw.org
    5·
    2 years ago

    No, I find typing faster than clicking and I’ve been using git for so long the commands are second nature to me.

    • Chrissie@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      What I prefer most about having a UI is the better sense of overview over the repository and it’s branches.

      I find, when compared to people I’ve worked with that prefer plain git, that I’m much quicker at finding certain changes or seeing what is in which branch with GitExtensions.

  • sunaurus@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 years ago

    I use a 50%-50% mix between git CLI and the built-in git tools in JetBrains IDEs.

    To be honest, I could quite easily get by with just the JetBrains GUI - they have a super sophisticated GUI that can easily handle things like interactive rebase, cherry-picking, etc + they have a great conflict resolution tool. I just use the cli every now and then if I want to get something done quickly while I don’t have an IDE window open.

    • ursakhiin@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      This one. It’s sophisticated and easy to navigate.

      I generally do conflict resolution in Jetbrains IDEs and everything else in CLI. Occasionally, I might commit from the IDE if I only want a single file.

    • arandomthought@vlemmy.net
      1·
      2 years ago

      I mostly use the CLI but when I used to use PyCharm the JetBrain git GUI was the shit. The closest to it in a standalone program I’ve seen is maybe sublime merge, which is also great.

  • Djoot@feddit.dk
    4·
    2 years ago

    Lazygit changed how I use git, it is so easy to do all the daily essentials like branching, committing, and merging, but also also does more advanced things like interactive rebasing when needed.

    I had searched for a proper git client, that was free and open source plus worked on both Linux and Windows, for a long time and I haven’t looked back after finding lazygit.

  • danknodes@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    VS 2022 is finally somewhat usable for Git using the git Changes pane. The whole team uses it this way, and for many of them it’s a first for git as well.

  • sznio@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 years ago

    I use the VS Code built-in git support for making commits, and fall back to the CLI for anything else.

    You won’t have trouble remembering commands once you use them often enough. And you don’t need to know all of them, just the ones your workflow uses. My toolbox is commit, checkout, status, reset, rebase -i, merge, bisect. That’s all I need day-to-day.

  • CosmicBlend@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    I used to use SourceTree but it runs horribly and switched to Fork years ago and never looked back. I use VSCode for merge conflict resolution.

  • Max_Power@feddit.de
    4·
    2 years ago

    If you have trouble remembering git commands for CLI have a look at the tool tldr:

    https://man.archlinux.org/man/tldr.1.en

    For example if you need to remember how to use the branch command you could look it up with

    tldr git branch

    which would give you an overview on the most popular use cases.

    And in case you don’t already know: You may want to use the history search tool of your shell by hitting CTRL-r and then for example typing branch. You’d get a list of past commands you have used containing branch that you can flip through by repeatedly hitting CTRL-r.

  • evolatic@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 years ago

    I use GitKraken. It has a beautiful interface. It’s free to use non-commercially but I pay $50/yr so that it can connect to my companies Enterprise account. I know I’m weak with git (I get the concepts but I’m a visual person) so the money is worth it to me.