Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency

Re:Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency by tootie on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @03:29PM (#9064751)

I'm surprised a facade hasn't emerged yet. Personally I think it's nigh impossible to sanely do merges with a GUI. I know people do, but I think they're crazy. Using git via any JetBrains IDE is the best I've seen.

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Re:Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency by recursive on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @04:32PM (#9065183)

I'm confused. Isn't the JetBrains IDE a gui? How can it be the best you've ever seen and impossible to sanely do merges?

FWIW, I've only ever done git merges in a gui, and never had any difficulty with it.

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Re:Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency by gknoy on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @04:39PM (#9065234)

He might mean that he uses Jetbrains' IDEs with git for nearly everything, but feels that using it to merge things is madness.

It seems strange, but I really like having a console-based workflow with my VCS. I can leverage grep, shell aliases, and so on to customize my interface a fair deal, and the forced interaction helps keep me mindful of what I am doing.

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Re:Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency by tootie on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:46AM (#9068725)

Typo. I meant it's impossible to do without a GUI

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Re:Why I Don't Hate Git: Hidden Consistency by melloclello on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @03:31PM (#9064762)

I agree - I don't think it's possible to put a sound visual representation over the top of git, it's too abstract. A coherent command line interface should be possible, though.

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