I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare others the pain

Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by quickslowdown on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:59AM (#43231728)

I learned the git CLI first, and still prefer it, but I've found VSCode's source control plugin very helpful for teaching newbies. I tell them to avoid the synch button and just manually git fetch/pull, but adding a commit is easier for a newbie to do visually.

I also found LazyGit recently and think that's a good middleground for doing things from the CLI.

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Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by irrational on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:57PM (#43233057)

If someone doesn’t use the CLI, they are a newbie? I’ve never needed to learn or use the CLI, the GitHub tools built into JetBrains IDEs and VS Code have always worked fine for me, and I’ve been a professional developer for nearly 30 years.

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Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by perching_aix on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:34PM (#43233463)

I think the idea is that the people you'd teach version control to are typically the newbies. You can also just be new to git specifically or the git workflow on any given project.

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Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by eddd-ddde on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:44AM (#43240810)

No, they said that for a git newbie, a gui will be easier.

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Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by quickslowdown on Monday March 03, 2025 @01:55PM (#43245330)

I never said if you're not using the CLI then you're a noob. I'm talking about people new to git in general.

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Re:I struggled with Git, so I'm making a game to spare other... by johnisgood on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:52AM (#43240865)

Emacs' magit is great too.

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