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by ParetoOptimal 1203 days ago
In addition to magit being awesome, it's sometimes very useful that since macros work everywhere I can use them in magit buffers.

Or in grep buffers to apply some change to a known pattern for refactoring if it's too difficult for tooling.

Relating back to the article, it's the text-based nature that easily allows for something like macros to work everywhere.