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From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:11:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k23la3td.fsf@wanadoo.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87r2xtlkmt.fsf@lifelogs.com

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:50:23 -0400 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote: 
>
> GM> Richard Stallman wrote:
>>> We have a problem in Emacs: it doesn't contain a good interface to
>>> git. 
>
> GM> I get on just fine with Emacs VC and git. It enables me to do just what
> GM> I did with other VCS in Emacs, and I appreciate the uniformity of
> GM> interface. Obviously, many people prefer a more featureful interface to
> GM> git's many bells and whistles, and that's fine. But IMO your statement
> GM> is an exaggeration.
>
> Agreed. Magit in particular adds a steep learning curve to Git's. It's
> good software and fun to use, but it's definitely not a good *general*
> interface (which I'm assuming RMS meant).

My impression is that Magit greatly facilitates the acquisition of Git's
core concepts and saves the user from learning Git's command line
interface.

It is one of those rare instances of a package that is very effective
for novices and experts alike.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-07-06 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 136+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-05 15:29 In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit (was: comparing code on different branches) John Yates
2017-07-05 16:15 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-07-05 16:22 ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Óscar Fuentes
2017-07-05 16:27   ` Kaushal Modi
2017-07-05 16:38   ` Stefan Monnier
2017-07-05 18:15     ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-07-05 23:03   ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-06  0:24     ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2017-07-06  1:46       ` Glenn Morris
2017-07-06  2:17         ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2017-07-10  9:26           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-06  2:29         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-07-14 14:34       ` Philippe Vaucher
2017-07-16  1:51         ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-06  1:50     ` Glenn Morris
2017-07-06 14:12       ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-07-06 14:47         ` Kaushal Modi
2017-07-06 17:11         ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2017-07-06 16:02       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-06 16:52         ` Ken Manheimer
2017-07-07 18:23           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-07 18:49             ` Stefan Monnier
2017-07-07 22:08             ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-07 22:22               ` Stefan Monnier
2017-07-08  6:58                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08  6:57               ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08  9:05                 ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-08 10:20                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08 20:34                     ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-09  2:33                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-10  9:28                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 13:15                         ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-11 11:45                           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-08 17:04                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-08 20:52                     ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-10  9:30                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-08 17:02                 ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10  9:26               ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 12:47                 ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-10 23:26                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11  9:40                     ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-11 22:56                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 23:27                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 16:31                 ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-10 23:30                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11  4:20                     ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-11 11:48                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-06 23:01         ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-07 18:27           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-07 18:52             ` Stefan Monnier
2017-07-08 17:01               ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-08 17:42                 ` raman
2017-07-08 18:58                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08 20:57                   ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-08 22:57                   ` John Yates
2017-07-09  0:04                     ` raman
2017-07-09  9:25                   ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-09 14:19                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-10  1:01                     ` In defense of VC [was: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit] Juliusz Chroboczek
2017-07-10  7:09                       ` Michael Albinus
2017-07-10  8:34                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-07-10  8:47                           ` Juliusz Chroboczek
2017-07-10  8:59                             ` Yuri Khan
2017-07-10 16:28                               ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-10 17:12                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-16 18:01                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-16 19:09                                 ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-16 19:17                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-10 23:26                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11  4:15                         ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-11 11:48                           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11 14:10                             ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-11 14:27                               ` Juliusz Chroboczek
2017-07-11 22:56                               ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11 14:37                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-11 16:03                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-11  7:10                         ` Andreas Schwab
2017-07-11  7:26                           ` Michael Albinus
2017-07-11 22:55                           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10  9:29                     ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 16:32                       ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-10 23:30                         ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-11  4:14                           ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-06 15:24     ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-10  9:26       ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-10 13:09         ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-11 11:45           ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-05 16:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-07-05 18:37   ` Ingo Lohmar
2017-07-05 18:14 ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit (was: comparing code on different branches) Noam Postavsky
2017-07-06  5:06   ` Paul Michael Reilly
2017-07-06  8:46     ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Toon Claes
2017-07-07  1:38       ` Mike Gerwitz
2017-07-07  8:16         ` Trying out GitLab (was Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit) Nicolas Petton
2017-07-07  8:27           ` Tino Calancha
2017-07-07  8:29             ` Nicolas Petton
2017-07-07 12:08               ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-07-08 11:02                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-07-08 11:13                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-08 11:53                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08 12:04                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-07-08 21:02                         ` Phillip Lord
2017-07-08 23:19                           ` Tim Cross
2017-07-08 12:43                       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-07-08 12:54                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-08 11:29                   ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-07-07 16:55             ` Mike Gerwitz
2017-07-07 18:23       ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Richard Stallman
2017-07-07 18:23     ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit (was: comparing code on different branches) Richard Stallman
2017-07-13 16:13   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2017-07-14  1:20     ` Richard Stallman
2017-07-14 18:24       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2017-07-14  3:31     ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Stefan Monnier
2017-07-14 18:09       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2017-07-14  7:14     ` git-handler.el (was: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit) Michael Albinus
2017-07-14 17:57       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2017-08-11 10:26         ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-12 10:48           ` git-handler.el Jonas Bernoulli
2017-08-12 12:01             ` git-handler.el Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-12 17:26               ` git-handler.el Jonas Bernoulli
2017-08-12 17:43                 ` git-handler.el Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-12 19:32                 ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-12 18:22             ` git-handler.el John Wiegley
2017-08-12 18:28               ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-12 19:52               ` git-handler.el Jonas Bernoulli
2017-08-13  9:26                 ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-12 19:17             ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-12 19:46               ` git-handler.el Yuri Khan
2017-08-13  9:14                 ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-13 10:08                   ` git-handler.el Yuri Khan
2017-08-13 14:31                     ` git-handler.el Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-13 15:08                       ` git-handler.el Yuri Khan
2017-08-13 15:26                         ` git-handler.el Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 16:42                         ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-08-14 16:40                     ` git-handler.el Michael Albinus
2017-07-10 16:16 ` In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit (was: comparing code on different branches) Filipe Silva

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