From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 21:57:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87k23i8x4d.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <8737aac0rb.fsf@wanadoo.es> <7s37aapc4g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499547487 11132 195.159.176.226 (8 Jul 2017 20:58:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 20:58:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Richard Stallman , Stefan Monnier To: raman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 08 22:58:03 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwnj-0002fV-Ci for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 22:58:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34037 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwno-0000AW-Gi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:58:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32853) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwni-0000AP-8n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:58:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwnh-0004Up-K5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:41580) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwnd-0004RI-Pg; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:57:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=F5zRW2VEdtyicRdVhvxfgK7+8iyAQoQlND6mppKPWCU=; b=Kk/WabpdZcPjA8eQi6fMrEgcv ygLgLdScZZf3RjQVeLCpi1FzrMreQMpl1/lvYODLBaCAuS1cgiOaQpbvHFy2C66faKMx+eEwczXpB K/2H/RbTaphqXYj4vZ7bHQgSQeMlxBgo5AvsSOq/uTCUAgb6YjsngR/Kmi5GKu3CVbserZoAj/K7D vxQGMGAu8XrOtqRlYpoMb5SM8v6fFV70hgj1jix/z+YA+oUCiwU0qFglt5+8YNFy4cIugGTlVKUY+ vNbZMRo+E+bats6fB+XISsOWRWIb61Zo0Astc4ifbcTnjkI73F9KvqKtgeY1juB5urJD8F7SB0LY+ pkZMggJGA==; Original-Received: from cpc8-benw10-2-0-cust100.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.233.204.101]:55324 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dTwnb-0009Af-8M; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:57:55 +0000 In-Reply-To: (raman@google.com's message of "Sat, 08 Jul 2017 10:42:26 -0700") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216341 Archived-At: raman writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > > Magit: > > There are many things that Git lets you do that are at the power-user > end of the spectrum --- and magit actually makes those doable, whereas > the git commandline would never encourage you to venture even close. This is certainly true. I've started using these kind of capabilities of git when I discovered them in magit. But for me, the key advantage is a very simple one. It's gives you a project orientated view of git: rather than a file or directory. It means that I don't accidentally commit two files when I have modified three. The user interface is also very good and very discoverable. These are not "power-user" features; magit is good for beginners. VCs key advantage: it's not Git specific. Phil