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by topher200 1067 days ago
tig is great for a read only operations. Looking at the tree, peeking at diffs, finding specific commits. It's quicker to get in and out of. I reach for it instead of `git log`.

lazygit makes it super easy to make modifications. Reorder commits, revert specific hunks from commits. I find it easier to use if I need to look at a really big diff. I reach for it instead of `git rebase -i`, and it can do things no native tool can do easily (such as revert or extract specific hunks from commit earlier in the tree.

I use both multiple times per day. tig if I just want to look at stuff (fewer keystrokes to look at diffs in the tui!) and lazygit if I want to modify stuff (more powerful!).

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I find marking files, hunks and single lines to commit extremely comfortable in tig. And also reverting is as easy as selecting a file or hunk and pressing Shift+1. But yes, more complex operations are not supported or rather you have to define an external command and thus use an external tool for those.