Call me an elitist, but I think people really need to learn and use Git on the command line. It’s integral to the job and visual clients hide away not just the nitty-gritty, but often basic processes. Why do I end up teaching experienced developers how to use
git reset? There’s some day-to-day stuff thaat I do like to do on the IDE though.[hops off soapbox]
Ranting aside, JetBrains’ visuals and organization for Git are really good. Visaual Studio loses track of commits across forks and time, but Rider can keep up, so I’m sure a standalone client will work pretty well.
So how are you liking it?
I think people really need to learn and use Git on the command line
Agreed, plus, there are situations where it’s necessary, like on servers through SSH (I do use
gituthough).There’s some day-to-day stuff thaat I do like to do on the IDE though.
Exactly, it improves long-term productivity.
Basically I don’t see any reason to call you an elitist as long as we agree that the CLI is a fundamental first step rather than the only permanent proper way to do things.
how are you liking it?
Very much, 'cause it’s basically the existing git integration for JetBrains IDEs but as a standalone app, that I can use for projects that don’t need the IDE, as well as stuff that isn’t code at all.
Exactly! That’s how I feel.
I always end up using VS Code for projects like that, but I don’t love its Got integration, so that really makes sense. I might give this a try when it’s more widely available.
