[toopok4k3]

Nothing has stopped anyone from creating this perfect GUI(or better CLI) for Git that a lot of people seem to be missing.

"Show me the code". Or in this case show me the GUI.

Maybe the problem is just actually hard and the Git we have is the best current solution.

[Qwertious]

Writing a new git GUI doesn't solve the problem, since you need people to adopt it before it's widely installed as default on most OSes by default, and until then you'd probably need to learn the old interface anyway.

IIRC there have been various papers on Git's crappy UI and at least one two rewrites (of the interface). Gitless is the name of one.

Oh, I forgot the most important thingof all: integration with tooling! QtCreator has support and shortcuts for Git with its commands, but not Gitless.

[bntyhntr]

I contributed inconsequential things to Gitless for a very short amount of time years ago. One of the things that I really liked that I ended up rewriting at home was better highlighting, eg inside-the-line level highlighting like github etc. Also maybe it had native support for vertical split? Either way my at-home added that. No idea if that's still in gitless or if anyone else feels that way, but if I'm gonna live the cli life may as well make diffs comfortable for myself.

[dmitriid]

> "Show me the code". Or in this case show me the GUI.

Easy: https://gitup.co

It makes things that are hard or cumbersome in the CLI easy and convenient.

Things I always do because I'm no longer afraid of mistakes:

- split commits at random points

- move commits up or down the branch

- squash commits up or down the branch

- edit commit messages

Less often:

- cherry pick against current branch

- delete branches (local and remote)

There are signinficantly more operations hidden there behind convenient shortcuts, but I don't ever (or very rarely) need them because it makes fixing mistakes so easy. And the only reason for advanced git usage I've seen is fixing mistakes.

[te0006]

MacOS only. Otherwise seems to be a dream.

[dmitriid]

Yup. If I ever think about switching from MacOS to a a different OS, GitUp might be the only app that will prevent me from doing that :)

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