From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 14:47:22 +0000 Message-ID: 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a114b206a546fd20553a7324d" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499352472 11440 195.159.176.226 (6 Jul 2017 14:47:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:47:52 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 06 16:47:48 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 1dT84E-0002XB-8E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:47:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51840 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dT84J-0007NC-Mk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:47:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48940) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dT847-0007Lj-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:47:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dT846-0003JO-Ux for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x234.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::234]:34197) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dT846-0003Iy-Mt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:47:34 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x234.google.com with SMTP id t72so4692909lff.1 for ; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:47:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=EWKehLvVdK14PlML3XJymYyXqwqJSCrfj0QqSODnkGU=; b=KZ5tQQCGLmi4FL1P6gmRo/uGnkeiOir/nIiLa4r7+YMo2/G/yVyhJRkQOxxytyY2qS jSQczT/L8c7vuq75Bsf9mn4+kEUPjcY6gj7VqpoBn7Fpi+k2W/ga0Voc8v8PjFY5ND6a nx6QD08B9ZDycK8NycQC7mRHWK7f3Q692YatQdrMdUQMJdsz3XgOCFRgf14tyarSgOME Hy8I/7U6OfHLAU0yUFqBtl5fSWpdeff8AM5ByAJF7/+b8wTtGUFGj4v1HSU1lxP2dKZL NcKub91HP9i7hg0YVGKrfv4fLXx/Amj7sBit44Oex/Z6nyjaBeQ/HwqR8wRwOOqaBMLQ NkqQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=EWKehLvVdK14PlML3XJymYyXqwqJSCrfj0QqSODnkGU=; b=L0UrFuCfLXaxHRbZg/Nd62XbbhmjRxlrZ6+MkFDHC+cLWKpwbTKp8XKLeV5lAWIsvJ /aV3sZgVQQ9ZYH0j56r3hMrA21QyqmK4qKg7xSIcnsN8XhpNT49TAm1ehI5kKakcjBvO fFxJh5dJjRBiVLM0SCO+VdSPJQN7Cwh9/ZmSlK7Y2gmY3422lhvgN9QAoCYgerfUP0+x Y4h3O0KI0yueS7T1R+vQ96oFLBEPJnDwUkK5pXThPqwHLUMk5MndbV62s1ThxZoHuehy BuBZiRpgxXmPU94xdxR8v28mOe1MIiTW+JgN0XvF804dumFanTxbosa0RCHgoZVTxxtY Q81g== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOwXQdB/O8APuBqkCdSJ150F7yREZjDhPd/4Kece5LCAvX0AdIOn I90UtiBhT/SnChpt2YRR6bwg+6OLEw== X-Received: by 10.25.196.194 with SMTP id u185mr16689220lff.88.1499352452589; Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:47:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87r2xtlkmt.fsf@lifelogs.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::234 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:216226 Archived-At: --001a114b206a546fd20553a7324d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:12 AM Ted Zlatanov wrote: > Agreed. Magit in particular adds a steep learning curve to Git's. I felt just the contrary. I would have never used hunk-based staging, cherry-picking, interactive rebasing (re-ordering, squashing, amending commits older than HEAD, etc) had I not come across Magit. (It's so convenient that I can commit stuff to Org mode repo using Magit on my phone as ssh port is blocked at work.) > It's > good software and fun to use, but it's definitely not a good *general* > interface (which I'm assuming RMS meant). > -- Kaushal Modi --001a114b206a546fd20553a7324d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Jul 6,= 2017 at 10:12 AM Ted Zlatanov <tzz@= lifelogs.com> wrote:
Agreed.= Magit in particular adds a steep learning curve to Git's.
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I felt just the contrary. I would have never used hunk-= based staging, cherry-picking, interactive rebasing (re-ordering, squashing= , amending commits older than HEAD, etc) had I not come across Magit.
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(It's so convenient that I can commit stuff to Org = mode repo using Magit on my phone as ssh port is blocked at work.)
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It's
good software and fun to use, but it's definitely not a good *general*<= br> interface (which I'm assuming RMS meant).
--

Kaushal Modi

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