[gregmfoster]

I'm curious how much people prefer TUIs over editor-plugin-GUIs these days. I'm getting more and more persuaded by the plugin model personally - perhaps partly by how easy it is to discover, install, update, uninstall, etc VSCode plugins

[ar_lan]

I prefer it, but I also prefer to stick to the terminal as much as possible. If I were a VSCode user, I might disagree.

My main factor is I don't want to have to context switch across applications. I don't feel like I'm doing that if I stay in the terminal. As such, I would imagine if I were a VSCode user, I'd prefer a git plugin there.

VCS is very much tied to the code, so I think it makes sense to co-locate.

[bilekas]

Recently for conflict resolving i will open up vs code. I find it so much more reliable and convenient there. I can quickly see the conflicts resolve then stage. But when it comes to more detailed things nothing compares to the cli.

There is a small learning curve for the commands but it's minor compared to the intuitive control you get. A lot of the dedicated tools are just too bloated and use different terminology than the git standard which baffles me.

My colleague will use source tree and Everytime I see him doing stuff I always think : "But that's not what the got command is called for that".

[benrutter]

I don't know if it's a "I want a TUI rather than a plug-in" vibe. For me, it's more of a "it fits my workflow".

I use helix as an editor and like to use a range of command line tools and scripts for regular stuff. Lazygit fits right into that and I don't have to leave the terminal.

I used vs-code a few years ago and its got plugin was (I assume still is) pretty good, if I used it as my editor then I'd probably use a plug in like you say, but as things are lazygit is both an awesome tool and the path of least resistance.

[WhereIsTheTruth]

The state of desktop application is pretty alarming, everything is its own web browser..

I'm glad people still build these TUIs, that's exactly what i need, simple interaction with my keyboard, no fuss, no bloat (edit: just checked, the executable is pretty large ~5mb, I wish Go made some effort in that area), a simple executable that can run on my headless server through SSH

[piuantiderp]

Emacs has had this forever...

[heywire]

The built in support for git in Visual Studio 2022 is pretty good, but I do occasionally find myself reaching for the command line still.

[hahn-kev]

Jetbrains has this down so well. I sometimes wish I could open up a light weight version of their IDE just for git management.