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Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

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It’s not mentioned in the README, but is WSL2 on the Windows Terminal app supported? I could run gnome terminal but then I have to configure X11 and that’s a pain. Thanks, this looks awesome.

It should be, there's a Linux and a Windows release at https://github.com/chriswalz/bit/releases - you could just run it natively without WSL though?

Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

#13

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I'm not sure. I encourage you to try it out. If it ends up not working please file an issue and we'll get it sorted out.

Will do, I’ll give it a shot sometime this week and report back. Still not sure how much of a niche WSL is, but it’s my daily driver.

WSL2 is barely esoteric at all, especially because it's hard to find anything that works in your chosen linux distro that doesn't work in it (except GUI has to be set up separately). WSL1 that's a bit more hit-and-miss, anything not quite low-level should be fine though.

Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

#14

The autocomplete/help popups didn't happen for me, is there something I need to do? I'm using zsh on a Mac, perhaps it assumes bash. Aside from that, I'm going to persist with this for a little while and see how it goes, the git interface does bother me.

try typing `bit` and press or `bit checkout`

Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

#15

The autocomplete/help popups didn't happen for me, is there something I need to do? I'm using zsh on a Mac, perhaps it assumes bash. Aside from that, I'm going to persist with this for a little while and see how it goes, the git interface does bother me.

try typing `bit` and press or `bit checkout`

That sorted it, thanks. Perhaps a word in the README? The impressive gif makes it seem as if it should just appear.

Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

#16
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24173238

Super cool and thanks for this! I commented a few weeks ago on how it'd be nice to have a git CLI that actually helps you find the command you're looking for because you don't really know what to search for unless you know what command to use with git. It's sort of this chicken-and-egg problem that this seems to help solve.

Re: Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go

#17

Git is an awesome tool – so awesome that it has a vast plethora of options and commands to do just about anything. Bit attempts to alleviate some of that pain.

And all of those commands have an incompatible syntax.

SVN is much better in these regards.

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