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Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by bmj » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 12:19 PM UTC

williamdclt wrote: post #17

williamdclt wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use VSCode but not git lens. I don't think it does much that Lens doesn't, it's indeed a different workflow for me: I don't like to use the mouse so the clicky-clicky workflow of Lens doesn't work for me, I'm much faster with lazygit (and I can instantly drop to the `git` CLI if there's something I don't know how to do with lazygit, as I'm already in the terminal). I'm not particularly keen to have my VCS and my co…

> I'm not particularly keen to have my VCS and my code editing in the same software really, although I wouldn't say that it's a superior approach. Addendum: I'm also not always using VSCode. Sometimes I just use vim if I'm already in my terminal and it's a small edit, at which point I don't want to have to go back to VSCode (potentially having to open the project) just for git

My workflow is similar. For one larger project, I am just more comfortable operating in VSCode, but if I need to work in a smaller project, I tend to just fire up NeoVim, and I've found the transition to Lazygit to be fairly smooth.

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by topher200 » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 12:40 PM UTC

p2detar wrote: post #15

How does this stack up against tig? https://jonas.github.io/tig

tig is great for a read only operations. Looking at the tree, peeking at diffs, finding specific commits. It's quicker to get in and out of. I reach for it instead of `git log`.

lazygit makes it super easy to make modifications. Reorder commits, revert specific hunks from commits. I find it easier to use if I need to look at a really big diff. I reach for it instead of `git rebase -i`, and it can do things no native tool can do easily (such as revert or extract specific hunks from commit earlier in the tree.

I use both multiple times per day. tig if I just want to look at stuff (fewer keystrokes to look at diffs in the tui!) and lazygit if I want to modify stuff (more powerful!).

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by gregmfoster » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 12:45 PM UTC

I'm curious how much people prefer TUIs over editor-plugin-GUIs these days. I'm getting more and more persuaded by the plugin model personally - perhaps partly by how easy it is to discover, install, update, uninstall, etc VSCode plugins

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by tcfunk » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 1:05 PM UTC

I love this app, use it every day. Very seldom do I need to drop out of it to run a specific command (and even then it’s probably capable of doing it and I’ve just not bothered to figure out how).

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by masukomi » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

parentheses wrote: post #5

I found lazygit after building something of my own thay solves some of these problems for me - git-fuzzy [0]. I'd like to share some of my thoughts about the comparison. lazygit is a TUI for git which can behave in a standalone fashion. It's also designed to be quick and easy to use to perform quite advanced actions but ones that a seasoned git user may really want when working with git history. Since I'm already a s…

thanks for this. I love the _idea_ of lazygit but I've never managed to work it into my workflow. git-fuzzy looks _much_ more inline with something that I'd be likely to keep using and I'm definitely going to give it a shot. I've got something similar for fuzzy picking branches and it's been great.

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by zola_user » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 1:59 PM UTC

I use lazygit extensively. Have an zsh alias 'lg' for it.

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by himujjal » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC

zola_user wrote: post #36

I use lazygit extensively. Have an zsh alias 'lg' for it.

So, its not just me!

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by himujjal » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

level87 wrote: post #7

I've been using this a for while now as a replacement for fugitive, since moving from Neovim to Helix. Overall it's great, but I do wish there were some better tutorials for it thou.

Did you check their Wiki? Have a nice set of gifs

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by sugarpile » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

FrontAid wrote: post #4

I use IntelliJ IDEA and often rely on their own Git functionality. But it cannot stage specific lines, only whole chunks [1]. For that, I've been using lazygit for a couple of months now. I like its simple UI and that it makes staging specific lines very easy and quick. If you like lazygit, you might also be interested in similar Git CLI clients that I collected here [2]. [1] https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA…

FWIW, the per line staging functionality in GitUp (https://gitup.co/) is quite easy and straightforward. Very lightweight program that you can open via cli (`gitup` when in a git directory)

Re: Lazygit: Simple terminal UI for Git commands

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Post by hahn-kev » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

gregmfoster wrote: post #33

I'm curious how much people prefer TUIs over editor-plugin-GUIs these days. I'm getting more and more persuaded by the plugin model personally - perhaps partly by how easy it is to discover, install, update, uninstall, etc VSCode plugins

Jetbrains has this down so well. I sometimes wish I could open up a light weight version of their IDE just for git management.