[nickpsecurity]

That's pretty wild. Sounds like main program/protocol is very true to the UNIX philosophy of tooling. My early reads on it suggested that gave it both it's power/versatility and horrific UI consequences for beginners. An opinionated UI and host like Github is a natural consequence.

I remember thinking in my early reading that git was like an assembly language for build systems. It really needed a front-end of some kind to smooth things over for new and casual users. Maybe not as heavyweight as Github but better than the main program. Can keep the low-level stuff in for advanced users.

Was that or is that still a common assessment or was my initial impression off?

[snowwrestler]

There have been a number of attempts to build a more friendly front-end for git:

https://git-scm.com/download/gui/linux

Github (which provides a desktop app in addition to their website) is by far the most successful one, I think because they define a whole simplifed and social experience, not just a client.

To me it seems like people seem to segment into two camps: those who want to do the basics (they tend to use GitHub), and those who want to use the full power of git (they tend to use the CLI).