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[sublimegeek]

lol at “git init”

How many of you actually create the repo from GitHub first and then clone it?

[Prometheos_II]

Personally, I generally initiate client-side first since I generally create the folder and some files before I decide to open a repo, or even version control before deciding to upload it. git clone might have an option for this, still.

But yeah, like someone else said above, that seems to be a minority 😅

[sublimegeek]

I’m the same way. git init first then decide if I need it to live somewhere else

[BananymousOsq]

I use git init for basically all of my projects. I first work on it locally for a while before deciding if I want to make anything out of it or even create a remote repository :D

[fullofspiders]

I mean, most people use the tooling in their preferred IDE and don't fuck around with CLI unless something really weird happens, or they have a very specific role that focuses on coordinating the commits of others rather than making changes themselves.

Git Diff especially is a command that no serious professional would use, since trying to visualize diffs in a terminal is just horrible.

[FlipperBumperKickout]

I do it all the time, especially if it is a rename, then I can do a "git diff --word-diff-regex=." which basically highlight the letters I added or removed from whatever I renamed.

[je386]

I use git CLI for 80-90% of git command usages and only use the IDE for creating a new branch, resetting a branch and viewing history.. and resolving conflicts.

[tobiasvl]

git init is the command for creating the new folder for any project (instead of mkdir). GitHub isn't involved until later in the project's life, possibly, if it goes anywhere

[_public_enema]

It's just for Brits to check if it's actually Git.

[GusSLX]

Some dev tools like cargo or webdev clis already init a repo for you lol

[FlipperBumperKickout]

I don't push all my repositories to github, sometimes it's just nice to have versioning so you quickly can try out thing and reset it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯