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Re:More Productive Git by chiefalchemist on Friday May 24, 2019 @05:27PM (#20005430)
Windows user here, tho' I don't think that has much to do with my analysis/opinion. Ultimately, to me, the dev via Git is doing something that is best explained visually. It seems counter-intuitive to type commands for what is visual, at the very leaat it's unnerving (as if we don't have enough friction and stress in our day already).

To me, Git via the command line, constitutes industry "jargon". It's used - wrongly - to help exclude certain people within the broader culture. Git + CL === elitist.

It's also anti-dog food'ing. But perhaps this helps explain why so many UIs and UXs are so subpar? That is, the less you use something (i.e., a proper UI) the less you learn about them?

p.s. What about SourceTree?

https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

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Re:More Productive Git by duncan-donuts on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:07PM (#20006688)
What about using git plus a shell make you an elitist? What if I used something else from a shell that isn’t as negatively perceived as git? I’ve used git with a ui (early on) and a shell (later) and I don’t understand what makes it elitist. Figure out what tools make you the most productive. If vim makes you more productive, great. If a full blown IDE makes you more productive, great. I don’t understand the mindset around being critical of someone doing something in a way that works for them.
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