What were your misconceptions about Git when you first started?
What were your misconceptions about Git when you first started?
I used CVS and ClearCase before moving into Git, and it took me some time to adjust to the fact that the cost of branching in Git is much much less than ClearCase. And getting into the "distributed" mindset didn't happen overnight.
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Wft isn't there just a nice clean git UI that tells you in human terms what you are doing.
Command line interfaces suck ass.
Learn git with the command line with examples and visual aids.
Thank you for sharing this.
I found this long time ago then lost the link.
I think the lack of UI is the main reason for all the jokes about git being horrible to learn. Fork is a pretty good client, and there are also some pretty good VSCode plugins to show you how all the commits and branches fit together.
think the lack of UI
Even git ships with git-ui. It's not great, but just goes to show how well informed and valid your criticism is.
Tbf I've been using Git for at least 10 years and I only just discovered this. I think nobody talks about it because it doesn't show history which is 90% of the reason to use a Git GUI.
I think nobody talks about it because it doesn’t show history
What do you mean it doesn't show history? It's perhaps the only thing it handles better than most third-party git GUIs.
git: 'gui' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.If you're going to try to smack talk like Linus Torvalds then maybe check your facts first
Sublime Merge is the best. Not easy but I’ve tried them all.
I've tried them all. Didn't get on with Sublime Merge.
My recommendations:
- GitX (sadly Mac only, and a confusing array of forks).
- Git Extensions (which I avoided for ages because the terrible name makes it sound like it's just explorer shell extensions but it's actually a full GUI).
- Git Graph VSCode extension
Most of the others are kind of crap IMO.
Git Fork is amazing
I mean gitlab is pretty sweet