From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:11:10 +0200 Message-ID: <87k23la3td.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <8737aac0rb.fsf@wanadoo.es> <7s37aapc4g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87r2xtlkmt.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499361099 11410 195.159.176.226 (6 Jul 2017 17:11:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 17:11:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 06 19:11:36 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 1dTAJN-0002Sv-6J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:11:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52527 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTAJS-0000NB-L3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:11:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTAJM-0000N6-7X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:11:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTAJJ-0005vc-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:11:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=58657 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTAJI-0005v0-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:11:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dTAJ5-0001f5-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:11:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:T5xEak6ht/H6pGndLSJjSG8ivI4= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 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:216237 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > On Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:50:23 -0400 Glenn Morris 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.