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GitHub Desktop or Git CLI? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (13 children)

I really never understood why one would need a GUI for git except for visualizing branches.

I feel like I'm crazy seeing so many people using clicky buttons for tracking files. I need like 4 commands for 95% of what I do and the rest you look up.

You're already programming! Just learn the tool!

And now there's a github CLI tool? I hate to beat a dead horse but Microsoft pushing their extended version of an open source tool/protocol is literally the second step of their mantra.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I primarily use GitHub CLI to interact with the GitHub API, not Git. I don't really see it as an extension of the Git CLI, which I use much more frequently. Everything you can do with it can also be done through their REST API.

I use it for things that aren't really git features, like:

Syncing repository admin, pull request, and branch control settings across multiple repositories

Checking the status of self-hosted actions runners

Creating pull requests, auto-approving them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the explanation, that does sound useful.

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