Comment by pkamb

In addition to better staging and committing, I love my git GUI for allowing me to easily see and work with every past commit.

Right click on any commit and I can create a new branch there, copy the SHA, do a mixed reset to that location, rebase on it, etc. SO much easier to visualize the actual tree of commits you're working with.

I'm sure some people do do all that from the command line. But every CLI coworker of mine has really only known the basics of branching and committing. The GUI unlocks the repo and all of its branches and commits as something you can play with and explore.