Comment by diarrhea
5 hours ago
> git on the command line is the power tool. The VS Code plugin is the training wheels version.
I don't disagree with your underlying point, but git is perhaps the worst example. It is a horrible tool in several ways. Powerful yes, but it pays too large a price in UX.
I've only ever used git through the CLI as well, but having switched to jujutsu (also CLI) I am not going back. It is quite eye-opening how much simpler git should be, for the average user (I realize "average user" is doing some heavy-lifting here -- git covers an enormous number of diverse use cases).
What jujutsu-CLI is for me (version control UX that just works) might be VSCode's GUI git integration for other people, or magit, or GitButler, or whatever other GUI or TUI.
Who cares about training wheels? If the real deal is a unicycle with one pedal and no saddle, I will keep using training wheels, thank you very much.
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