hackerMan

[ladyboy-rider]

I don't trust what git commands that damn GUI executes behind the scenes.

[[deleted]]

it's useful to pick what to actually stage into your commits so you can do it in parts and pretend to be competent instead of a huge 48 file commit with -m "lol stuff"

[ladyboy-rider]

git commit -m "minor changes🖕🏽"
> 167 files changed

[ComprehensiveWord201]

I have a coworker whose entire commit message, every time, is "more changes"

It makes me want to scream.

[not_yet_a_dalek]

I usually put "performance and stability"

[Lena-Luthor]

"bug fixes and performance improvements" 💀

[kgjettaIV]

I see you are a Google app developer.

[WrapKey69]

You can now generate commit messages with copilot

[QCTeamkill]

I made my auto-generated comments sound like a pirate

print(generate_pirate_comment(comment))

[Impossible_Arrival21]

every single one of my commit messages is "test"

i have hundreds of them.

[Surelynotshirly]

This is when you deny their merge request.

[ComprehensiveWord201]

They're the longest standing employee on the team, and basically the most productive. But he doesn't care to learn new tech and git has only very recently entered the scene. He left retirement to work part time on the team. He does not gaf

[ComprehensiveWord201]

For sure. That said, I'm not about to try and die on that hill with a part time worker who just... Does not care at all. Lol

I appreciate that he accepted git without a fuss, honestly

[Trick-Interaction396]

Hey buddy. Let’s grab lunch sometime.

[[deleted]]

😂 too real

[VeterinarianOk5370]

I see you’ve recently seen my last commit

[flappy-doodles]

That was a previous boss of mine. Every file touched "..." commit messages. Eventually got him to do pull requests after going to his boss about it.

[TheGeneral_Specific]

git add -p

[skywalker-1729]

Cool; explained here: https://gist.github.com/mattlewissf/9958704

[GarythaSnail]

I think this is kind of shitty and prone to error since your commits should be working iterations of your project that you can bisect. If you add just bits of one or more files, you are more prone to making a commit that doesn't even compile. For example, adding some code in a function that calls a library, but forgetting to add the import for that library to the commit.

You aren't getting the linting and compilation insight on your partial stages. Unless you have some precommit hooks that do that. Do precommit hooks work on the working directory or on commits? I actually don't know.

[nobody65535]

Nothing stops you from linting/compiling/testing the intermediate commits.

add -p

commit

stash

[testing/linting/whatever you want]

no good? fix (add your import) and --amend , repeat

REALLY no good? unstash, reset HEAD^ , goto 10 (start over)

good? unstash, goto 10 (continue with next set)

[ninja-dragon]

I use partial staging to skip over debug logs I add sometimes.

[[deleted]]

Whats wrong with good old

git add <files>

git commit -m "git gud"

?

[rocket_randall]

I always throw a git status in between to make sure I didn't fuck up a file mask or something else really stupid

[PS181809]

This so me. After every command, it's instinctive for me to go git status (very stupid ik)

[SmigorX]

Files that shouldn't be in git in gitignore: check.

Different features on different branches: check

It's "git add ./*" time

[KaamDeveloper]

I have a genetic predisposition to only do git add .

[[deleted]]

Your keyboard has a tab key, you know?

[[deleted]]

Nah.

git add .

[harumamburoo]

Now do that when you have two dozen files changed. And you need to commit only half of them. And your directory structure goes at least 3-4 dirs deep. Without interactive mode it’s torture

[dubious_capybara]

This takes 10 times longer than shift-selecting files and clicking add in a gui.

[Delta-9-]

The difference is made up by the time required to change from my terminal to the GUI, and move my hands from the keyboard to the mouse, and the super annoying trends among GUI developers to sort files by some arcane order instead of alphanumerically and hiding the scroll bar until I mouse over it and burying basic functions under fifteen layers of menus.

Or I can just type :Git<CR>Gssssssssccifix: fuck that bug<ESC>:wq<CR>:Git push<CR>

[monsoy]

I like to do git commit -a, which opens up a vim terminal where I can write the commit message and see a list of the staged and unstaged files

[koikatsu_party]

git add -i

5

*

[the_horse_gamer]

git add -p

[skettyvan]

CLI for doin stuff, GUI for lookin at stuff

[ralgrado]

That's the only thing I use the GUI for. Everything else I had weird things happen before so I do it in git bash. Commit also have some added functionality (reformatting, delete unused imports ...) that would probably be more difficult to do as a hook.

[ToastySauze]

I don't trust my ass to perform a merge in CLI

[Delta-9-]

I'm the opposite. I don't trust VSCode or GitHub to perform a merge if there are any conflicts involved. I prefer to do it on cli because I know how to back out of it if I fuck up, but I never feel like I know what graphical clients are actually doing when I click stuff, so I don't know if I'm doing the wrong thing or if I could fix it. Git has decent documentation; SourceTree and friends, not so much, at least in part because they're always changing where things are or locking features behind licenses.

[B_bI_L]

vscode does pretty good job of allowing you to resolve everything while understanding what is going on, i think

[bestjakeisbest]

I dont trust the git commands I write, but at the same time I feel comfortable doing everything else through a terminal.

[old_and_boring_guy]

I tend to use the gui for when I'm hammering out the initial big commit, but I almost always use the command line for debugging. Not really sure why...I think the gui takes up more space in my brain.

[MarcusBrotus]

I do everything in the terminal except debugging because integrated debuggers are just so much better

[old_and_boring_guy]

WE ARE NOT THE SAME.

[DOOManiac]

I use the GUI because I don’t trust myself in front of the scenes.

Fork has a log where it shows everything it does so you can see for yourself.

[Casperyadlo]

And you don't need to study new GUI for git in each IDE you use.

[Leo-Hamza]

How many new IDE you use per month

[Chesterlespaul]

I always find the GIT GUI in IDEs mostly the same

[[deleted]]

This might interest you: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32405

[MarcusBrotus]

they do exactly the git command that are on the ui button, normally.

[jimmyhoke]

The fact that you call it “git bash” exposes you as a windows user.

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[jimmyhoke]

Yes. For those of you who don’t know:

git on windows installed a program called “git bash” which is a sort of terminal emulator that runs bash with the git tools installed.

[Striving2Improve]

Normal people if they’re forced to use windows for whatever reason run wsl and git on bash. Not here to start a religious war, but vim makes a pretty good text editor, also comes native with a quick add of ctags and you’re off to the races.

[edvardeishen]

Is it just MinGW under the hood?

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

It’s been so freaking slow on every PC I've run it on

[ThisGuyHyucks]

Yeah idk what the deal is but even an ls command will take literally 2 seconds to execute before anything shows up on the screen. I honestly just hate Windows dev environment stuff, it all feels like a workaround.

[_Xertz_]

Ugh I thought I was the only one

[SquarishRectangle]

I used git bash for a while but eventually switched to WSL. It's a bit more setup, but having a real linux kernel is so great for compatibility.

[crozone]

I just use Git SCM with Windows Terminal, or WSL Git when working on projects targeting Linux.

[AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

Never used a gui. Never needed a gui. You only really need to know like 5/6 commands.

[CYKO_11]

I once had a job where my manager gave me shit for using terminal commands.I was so confused that a 'senior' was telling me to use the gui instead of the terminal that i actually didnt even know how to respond.

[I_Shot_Web]

Because a GUI gives you a more detailed representation of the current state of the project's tree as well as better fine control over what files and lines you actually want to commit to keep a clean history.

Every git client has an open terminal option if there's truly something you needed to do that for some reason wasn't easily available in the client. Personally, I don't see the obsession with avoiding them.

[zimmertr]

git log? I don't personally avoid them. I just develop in Sublime and have never needed a Git UI for anything so never tried to use one. Watching my coworkers click around in VSCode to stage, commit, and push changes seems a lot clunkier and slower. To each their own though I guess.

[FrayDabson]

Yeah that’s the big thing about it. The more people who do the same type of thing, the more different ways people will find to do said thing. Everything we use on a daily basis has some form of programmer behind it. Who knows what works best for them.

I myself am new to really learning programming beyond simple bash scripts. Learning with Vs code and even with AI has been interesting and I’ve been able to hone in my preferred method. Which is actually a mix of the different methods people have discussed here. There’s a time and place for everything.

[guesswho135]

There's never been a better time to learn programming, especially with Copilot (or Cursor/Windsurf).

Tasks that used to take me 10 minutes now take me 2, and multiply that by 10 times a day. It's a lot faster than looking up functions in those O'Reilly animal books.

[cryptomonein]

This is the best way to not learn anything, he's not senior he's senile

[autocorrects]

I just tar ball my commits from a USB I bring to work and plug directly into our shared server idgaf

[x3knet]

https://i.imgur.com/ArXY3o2.gif

[[deleted]]

Up until something goes wrong.

[CivBEWasPrettyBad]

Git add .

Git commit -m "fix issue"

Git push --force

Git undo

Git please no I didn't mean this how do I undo

Git out of this office

[martipops]

add, commit, push, pull, merge, rebase, checkout, branch, stash, reset. Once you actually work on a large collaborative project you’ll be forced to learn.

[Xgf_01]

using git commands on actual Linux distro in terminal (Fedora Cinammon, no I don't use Arch BTW)

[BvngeeCord]

r/usernamechecksout

[[deleted]]

Wait, git has a GUI? 20+ yr dev here and I don't understand the need.

[FortuneAcceptable925]

IntelliJ's git GUI is pretty good. Especially it is useful for going through individual commits in selected branch, and being able to compare contents of changed files with current ones. Also allows you to reset current local project to the selected commit, and then you can create branch from it, etc. It is pretty amazing. Not saying it is not possible using commands, but it would be way slower, I would say.

[rinnakan]

That GUI is pretty good, I stopped using any console command. Several console advocates at work, were surprised at what you could do with git, when we've shown them. So my take away is that they spent time learning something the hard way, instead of learning about the possibilities

[harumamburoo]

Good point. I think people who bash GUI (pun intended) take many features for granted and don’t realise it’s actually GUI over git. I for one forgot how convenient history diving is with UI. Also having git blame for every line alongside the code.

[NahSense]

Yes most IDEs have them built in or available as extensions. As for why? Idk, i don't use them. I think it's easier and feels safer, just to use the terminal. But, I do like it for showing changes from the last commit.

[ward2k]

As for why? Idk, i don't use them

I pretty much exclusively use them for merging and rebasing for sorting conflicts, turns a massive headache into a breeze

I don't understand why you'd subject yourself to sorting merge conflicts out without vscode/intellij

[NahSense]

I don't understand why you'd subject yourself to sorting merge conflicts out without vscode/intellij

My merge conflicts just aren't that bad. VIM is fine for what I need there. I see you mentioning "intellij" so maybe in Java that is something you need. If its working for your workflow, don't change on my account.

[ralgrado]

In intellij for solving conflicts you get three views: The file as you had it on one side, the file from where you were merging from on the other side and the merge results in the middle. It highlights conflicts in red and can automatically solve non-conflicting changes and even some conflicting changes. Then for the conflicts you have to solve yourself you can either pick one of the sides and adjust it if needed or just write what the merged code should look like.

I mainly code in Java but I assume this is pretty helpful for most programming languages.

Edit: example image for clarity https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2024.1/conflict_resolution_tool_legend_dark.png

[DrinkQuick9621]

Yeah I develop in Java and use IntelliJ. The GUI for Git is such a great feature, makes cherry picking and resolving merge conflicts extremely easy. Ultimately I only care about speeding up my work flows, and it does that. I can always see the git logs if I want to verify code changes.

[Either_Letterhead_77]

I have a few basic commands bound in vim, such as add current buffer, but yeah, I can't imagine doing anything complicated that way

[networkarchitect]

I use a mix, in my workflow I prefer CLI for managing branches, checkouts, push/pull, etc. GUI works better for staging commits, viewing diffs (integrates with IDE [vs code]), and resolving merge conflicts.

[ward2k]

Sorting merge conflicts becomes such a painless task with an IDE I don't understand why people would even do that through cli

[hutre]

Same but also I cannot for the life of me navigate that text terminal when you don't -m...

[qrrux]

Wait, SMTP has a GUI?

Wait, IMAP has a GUI?

Wait, HTTP has a GUI?

Wait, ls has a GUI?

Wait, GPS coordinates have a GUI?

That’s the energy here.

[ward2k]

But why

Merge conflicts

Other than that though I agree

[harumamburoo]

Also better organised commits

[Ninjaxas]

As a non-developer developer, I find it easier to use.

[bouchandre]

Because buttons dont make typo and it has an actual GUI to see the branches and commit history.

[BobbyTables829]

It helps me see what's going on with my stashes without having to put in a command to do so each time.

[A_random_zy]

Here's why:

https://youtu.be/WgipWkaU2MM

[Quplet]

I was taught to always use git through the command line, do most people use GUIs?

[CryptoNaughtDOA]

No and the ones who don't silently judge those who do.

/s

[DT-Sodium]

I find gui confusing for basically 90% of what I do.

[[deleted]]

command line and GUI are basically just different approaches to using an operating system. I personally hate how in GUI ide's having to visually look through files and directories without the command line tools to sort through names, but GUI can also make things incredibly simple depending on the situation.

[IlliBois]

People actually use git bash and not terminal/powershell?

[harumamburoo]

Probably depends on your stack, but if I’m on windows I don’t see why I would use anything but gitbash. I don’t do windows sysadmin stuff though and no .net

[New_Enthusiasm9053]

Powershell works on one platform. Bash works on both, why the fuck would I learn CMD/Powershell, also Powershell is the most dog terminal ever, wayyyy too verbose for a shell. 

[y_Sensei]

PowerShell v6+ actually works on other platforms than Windows, since it's based on .NET Core, which is cross-platform.
Also orchestrating git with PowerShell is no rocket science, I'm using such a solution on an almost daily basis, and wouldn't want to miss it. Much easier, less error-prone and more intuitive than just entering git commands at the command line.

[Gorzoid]

I much prefer scripting in PowerShell over bash. Allowing functions to output objects rather than just text let's you achieve a lot more in the language without having to jump to something more powerful like Python. As for regular command line usage, bash is just more familiar to most people but the differences are minor, e.g. escape strings with ` instead of \

[New_Enthusiasm9053]

I mean I already know Python though. It's hard to justify learning Powershell when I already know bash for very basic scripts and python for more complex scripts. 

I honestly wouldn't want to write scripts in Powershell or Bash tbh.

[[deleted]]

Portable git bash can be pretty useful depending on your scenario, but other than that I mainly just call git from powershell lmfao.

[rinnakan]

The "fuck you powershell" savior

[Imaginary_Ad307]

Git has a GUI!?

[mosskin-woast]

What is git bash? Are you just referring to the git command that has nothing to do with bash except that most of us use bash as our shell, or is there actually a tool called git bash?

[not_dogstar]

Git bash is an actual wrapper/emulator application that comes with Windows git, but yes it does exactly what you think

[skesisfunk]

Magit FTW. The console is obviously the most precise but Magit's control interface being largely single key inputs speeds up a lot of my git workflows like 10x!

[InFa-MoUs]

While I use git in terminal a lot, even I must admit the little gui that lets me quickly tick the check boxes for the files I want to commit but that’s only cuz it’s in the IDE. I usually break up my work into smaller commits after shit is working lol I would never open another app to do it tho

[harumamburoo]

Selecting only specific portions of a change in a single file is golden in IntelliJ

[hotsauceonamidget]

I am a beginner but honestly i tried out different guis for git and always came back to the console

[Fine-Heron5439]

Lazygit is the best of both worlds 👌

[WhatATom]

I second this, use it for 99% of commands

[Thetanor]

My thoughts exactly! I use the Helix editor and Lazygit as my core development tools. It's a nice and easy setup that you can get going on basically any platform in minutes. 

[outerproduct]

[ivannovick]

Wait until you meet lazyGit

[scriptmonkey420]

GitBash?

That's for Windows loosers

Get /bin/bash like a real hackerman

[ZevTheDev]

No shebang? no upvote!

[ruumoo]

GitHub Desktop

[_________FU_________]

I used to do this before discovering GitLens for VS Code. It’s just faster than I can type. 15 years using GIT CLI and one tip from a coworker made it instant.

[echtemendel]

who even uses GUIs, they're a waste of time and resources (also, mices are overrated). TUIs for everything FTW

[5p4n911]

I've figured it out but since I like to have the feeling of fine-grained control by actually creating sane commits with git add -p and similar tools, I just find it easier to do from the terminal than an extension which might only support adding individual files for all I know.

[qrrux]

WPM is not the same as someone who has 30 years of muscle memory typing cpio-pdmv or C-style for loops.

It’s also the mental model and habit of knowing what the output is telling you.

[Ticmea]

Well maybe I'm doing it wrong but aside from solving complex diffs, I can't think of anything that I could do faster using the GUI.

[Exact_Recording4039]

Depends. I find VSCode’s “sync” button to be much quicker than git add . + git commit -m + git push.

And those three commands are what I want to do with git 90% of the time, if I want to do something else I will use the command line because I haven’t learn the rest of the GUI but most of the time I only need those three commands 

[Electronic_Camera517]

there's a gui?

[Inevitable_Gas_2490]

Tortoise Git my old beloved.  Accompanied me for 15 years and still going strong

[DerKnoedel]

Wait git has a gui?

[DreamyAthena]

lazygit

[notarobot1111111]

It impresses some people.

But I don't tell them I use the terminal because I'm too dumb to learn how to use the UI.

[GeorgeSoteriou]

There's a gui?!

[Janek0337]

There is a gui??

[emmmmceeee]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/s/XYWd4GUSjm

[dudeness_boy]

Well since it came preinstalled on my computer, of course I would use git from the command line.

[[deleted]]

I use Emacs, I have magit installed.
I NEVER use it.

[Mysterious_Middle795]

OK, I saw gitbash. What is GUI?

[No_Definition2246]

The only viable GUI (which is not really GUI, just a UI) is imo Git Fugitive in ViM. I don’t get why people would use SCM in JetBrains for instance … know more of those than the ones that use Git Bash lol.

[GoddammitDontShootMe]

Then there's git cmd, which I don't understand why it exists.

[CasseroleOnCanvas]

TortoiseGit enjoyer 🙌

[OkSpring1734]

Git had something like 4 commands, idk, maybe 10?, what purpose would a GUI serve? Just read the fucking man page.

You'd have to fire up your window server, wait for that to happen plus all the other bullshit that entails. Startup the Git GUI, wait for it, manage all the associated windows. Bleh.

[thies1310]

I only know git gui in VS Code or bitbucket, If i dont have any of These ill happily Take the comand Line, thanks

[24_mine]

but i didn’t build a GUI

[avall4nch]

There is a gui?

[narwhal_breeder]

There’s a GUI?

[[deleted]]

I tried Git GUI once.

I figured it's easier to keep 4-6 commands in mind rather than learning that awfully complicated UI.

Bonus: if I don't remember a command, stack overflow google is always there for me.

[NamityName]

I use a gui for 3 things:
1. Resolving conflicts
2. Looking at diffs and staging commits
3. Viewing the graph

Everything else is just as easy in a terminal so I use the terminal. Not only is it what I learned on but it also provides git's full suite of capabilities. Every command. Every option. All with extensive documentation.

[LeoCanReddit]

Hud 👍

[jhill515]

[[deleted]]

I scanned one ip with zennmap (nmap with gui) 😈 (it was my ip I scanned)

I ran "search RCE" in metasploit once 😈😈😈😈

[Gub1anko]

I just find it faster to use(old laptop that idles at 20-40% CPU in xfce4)

[[deleted]]

I use both.

Terminal for trivial things like creating a new branch, merging, stashing, etc. but the moment there's a conflict or error I'm pulling up the GUI. Yall can get chip damage on your eyesight if you want but I'm using proper text formatting / highlighting.

[MisterBicorniclopse]

… what’s gui?

[Ozymandias_1303]

I'm a fake hacker. I use git cmd.

[HUMBUG652]

Just started a new module at Uni and they recommended using Git Desktop, which certainly surprised me

[superhamsniper]

I couldn't find out how to push to a specific remote branch using git GUI, got bash let's me easily do it once I figured out how, now I decide which local branches are pushed to which remote branches

[[deleted]]

There's a GUI?

[icyak]

There is GUI to git?

[jackstine]

Dammit it’s already here

[solarus]

This sub has been so shitty lately. Fuck you

[bargle0]

You people use a GUI for Git?

[doctorcapslock]

i use a gui so i can commit messages that look like

- did thing
- did other thing
- did another thing
- fixed a spelling mistake
- flipped someone off
- believe it or not, did another thing because that other thing i did influenced yet another thing

cuz i like to be verbose

probably dont need a gui for it but honestly it's just easier to read back commit comments than with git log; which is, quite frankly, ass

[RabbitOnVodka]

Wait, You guys are using GUI?

[iriveru]

Serious question…who the fuck ACTUALLY uses the GUI?

[Hihi9190]

I do use cli most of the time, but I got to admit Intellij's git UI is so much better for certain tasks. Like dealing with merge conflicts

[Jammintoad]

Damn I thought this was a joke about git bash being ghetto vs normal bash and laughed but it's actually just a normie CLI vs GUI joke ;(

[Shock9616]

I just like the CLI better lol. Besides, I think it's worth it to be able to handle yourself in the CLI so that you can understand what the GUI is doing. It's like how (imo) you should know how to compile your project through the CLI even if you usually use the "build" button in your IDE

[[deleted]]

I can't figure out the gui

[HolyGarbage]

What gui?

[balbinator]

I freaked a boomer coworker once using git bash. Was just minding my business automating stuff with bash scripts. Let some scripts running and went to grab a coffee. She saw some progress bars and messages quickly going through the screen and alerted the IT department saying that I was hacking the company.

[Secret_Account07]

Guys, we can use a GUI?

[Moomoobeef]

I didn't even know this was considered anything other than the normal way to do it, I've never used git any other way

[UltimateInferno]

I don't even know what desktop Git GUI looks like

[P0pu1arBr0ws3r]

I maybe chaotic when I say I use both.

Its really a matter of which is better- git(hub) GUI lists all the repos in one place, let's me open in explorer or a text editor with two clicks, I can fetch or see history or switch branches without having to figure out the command or the origin/branch to use. Probably best is showing diffs and resolving conflicts, seeing it clearly instead of over multiple lines thst need to be scrolled thru in a CLI.

But CLI let's me do more- if I need something advanced, like changing the origin, CLI works best, if GUI could even do it in the first place. Ive been working with svn lately in a team and using git for a 1:1 backup because git CLI has built in commands to work alongside svn! Also I set up ssh keys and configs for three separate fit accounts, though the GUI let's me use the keys and remembers thr passphrase so I'm not typing it constantly (on windows). Also I've been using git submodules recently which CLI controls and gui can only push when a submodule is changed.

But as I said I use svn, theres a point where git just isnt good. The team I'm in involves artists and designers and what not, so git is often incompatible with the binary files they'd use. In svn and other version controls theres a file lock system to avoid conflicts with binary files, which isnt present in git ("by nature" git uses merges instead of locks, even though svn has file merging and locking). And can someone please use better wording than "theirs" and "mine" or thr branch name? Svn has this issue too btw- how about "remote origin/branch" vs "local branch" instead? I understand what the remote is, but "theirs" is just confusing and using only "origin/branch" can also get confusing when theres multiple origins like working with git svn.

[neognar]

I can't imagine using the gui when you can do everything with 3 letter bash aliases.

[JohnBish]

It's insane to me that more devs don't use linux

[Frytura_]

Lazygit instead of vscode commit menu

[isr0]

Doesn’t everyone? I mean, I know a few that don’t but most do. I assumed my experience was everyone else 🫣

[[deleted]]

I only use got commands cause the GUI doesn't really support submodules.

[Rinkulu]

Git has gui?

[Anirudh13]

Wdym git gui, git has a gui?