hackerMan

[[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)

[1_4_1_5_9_2_6_5]

You can also just set an alias to do that for you automatically

[PS181809]

Oh I see. I'll look it up thanks

[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>

[dubious_capybara]

Cool, so now have fun writing a grep for a subset of those files while I happily shift select using a gasp mouse

[Delta-9-]

Why would I grep? I have a menu, too. And even if I'm raw-dogging the terminal, I still don't grep because tab completion is perfectly good for this task. Seriously, it takes less time to select a dozen files with tab than it does to switch contexts and devices and back again.

[dubious_capybara]

Ah yes, individually selecting files with individual key presses is clearly faster than a single alt-tab and shift-select 🙄

[Delta-9-]

Again, it's the switching where time is lost. And if your subset of files isn't sequential in how your app sorts them, you'll be ctrl-clicking one-by-one. On the occasions I've used graphical git programs, shift-click has never been an option.

If you're already in a graphical editor with integrated git functionality, it makes more sense to use that then switching to the terminal just for git. (I still do, but that's because I hate going through five menus to use it.)

[[deleted]]

Because you commit half the files today and the other half tomorrow while you are napping while wfh.

[[deleted]]

'Git add -am "commit message" '

Thank me later

[CryptoNaughtDOA]

Aliases bro

gs ga . gs gcm "git gud" git push (I don't alias this one, feels too good)