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by ripplefringe 1201 days ago
I use Github Desktop. One thing I do like a lot is that the diff I see is exactly what my code reviewers will see.

Personally, I spend a lot of time reviewing other's code ad also going through my own PR's in Github. I'm very familiar with that view. I think it helps my brain that I use the same diff view when I'm working locally and when I'm reviewing code on Github.
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u801e 1201 days ago
>> So basically, now we can do `git diff master` in a GUI.

> One thing I do like a lot is that the diff I see is exactly what my code reviewers will see.

What will they see in the diff that you can see using Github Desktop that you wouldn't see by running git diff master?

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ripplefringe 1201 days ago
Colors and fonts especially. After ten years my brain is fast at reading a GitHub diff. It’s pretty slow at reading a terminal diff because I don’t do it very much.
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u801e 1200 days ago
Presumably most people use an editor or IDE for coding and it's likely that editor or IDE could also be used to display diffs, so I don't really see colors or fonts being an issue. The IDE or editor could also be configured to use colors and fonts similar to what's used in Github. For example, vim has a colorscheme[1] that's similar to what Github offers.

[1] https://github.com/cormacrelf/vim-colors-github

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