Has anyone else seen this bizarre trend of developers refusing to use Git GUIs because they wanna 'git gud' at using the CLI?

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  • GitExtensions

    Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).

    I can't recommend GitExtensions enough. It's a very good UI tool that maps the CLI commands 1 to 1 for the most part. In fact, whenever you do something through the UI, it opens up a console where it shows you the command it just run. I think it's a very good way to learn GIT: UI to see the tree in front of you, but you also see the commands. By default I see at all times the tree, the diff of the last commit and/or the console where I can just type in my commands, it's smooth. http://gitextensions.github.io/

  • tig

    Text-mode interface for git

    These are important concepts to wrap your head around when collaborating with others. For visualisation, I use tig which gives some visual aid without the need of a GUI. However, that's just my personal choice

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