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Re: Sublime Merge

#22

Post by tehnub »

I used Git on the command line exclusively for many years and occasionally tried the built-in Git tools for various editors as well as GitHub Desktop, but I never felt they were a lift in usability over the CLI or very pleasant to use. That was until I tried Sublime Merge on a whim. One thing I like is how keyboard oriented most of it is, and how it maps quite closely to CLI commands. If I want to commit I open the command palette with command+p and then fuzzy-search for commit with “co…” or “cm” or whatever you like, and it brings up the suggested commands which I can select with enter. And beyond that I like the generally attractive styling which makes viewing diffs and searching commit history (command+f, fuzzy find “contents:”, type what you want to search for) pleasant. It’s also totally snappy in most cases, even with multiple tabs for repos open — the only time I’ve seen it slow down was opening Unreal Engine, and that was at least a year ago so they may have made improvements on that. I use it every day and I am quite pleased with it.

Re: Sublime Merge

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Post by bulatb »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #2

I have been using Sublime Merge for a while now, and I find it very useful. I am a visual and spatial type, so I find the the way the information is organised there invaluable. I know I lose points for not being an ultimate shell dweller, but the experience just does not compare. The only downside is that sometimes you cannot be sure which commands it will execute for a given functionality, and to do more specific th…

> I know I lose points for not being an ultimate shell dweller

You don't lose a single point for using tools that fit your needs, no matter how much any gatekeeper says different.

Re: Sublime Merge

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Post by pilif »

Sublime Merge is cough sublimely good at performing 3-way merges.

I don't like it as much as a generic git frontend (nothing beats the command line once you're used to it, but for 3-way merges, it's absolutely perfect and I have yet to see anything better.

Another very good tool for 3-way merges is meld, but the macOS port (where I do most of my development work on) is not very good, mostly because the GTK macOS port isn't very good.

Re: Sublime Merge

#25

Post by zamalek »

fastball wrote: post #15
tstrimple wrote: post #11

I used to be a fan of the Sublime tools. But the complete lack of updates over a reasonable timescale have led me to move on to more supported platforms. I like the concept of a small team of developers providing a good tool. But the reality often means that you don't see any worthwhile upgrades. And I realize I'm commenting on HN, a place where the majority of people seem to have abandoned the hacker spirit and lean…

What is a reasonable timescale? They last released an update for Sublime Merge in April. What features are you missing that they haven't added? What bugs are present that need to be fixed?

I'm a paying user. The ability to diff across two commits/branches. I still have to flip over to GitHub if I want that kind of view.

Re: Sublime Merge

#26

Post by tokyovigilante »

zamalek wrote: post #25
fastball wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is a reasonable timescale? They last released an update for Sublime Merge in April. What features are you missing that they haven't added? What bugs are present that need to be fixed?

I'm a paying user. The ability to diff across two commits/branches. I still have to flip over to GitHub if I want that kind of view.

I use SM (and paid). Just select both commits, regardless of branch, and the diff is shown.

Re: Sublime Merge

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Post by wodenokoto »

pilif wrote: post #24

Sublime Merge is cough sublimely good at performing 3-way merges. I don't like it as much as a generic git frontend (nothing beats the command line once you're used to it, but for 3-way merges, it's absolutely perfect and I have yet to see anything better. Another very good tool for 3-way merges is meld, but the macOS port (where I do most of my development work on) is not very good, mostly because the GTK macOS port…

It’s also very good at committing chunks, especially from different files in the same commit.

It’s not good at getting an overview of your history or blaming, but for committing and merging it is really nice

Re: Sublime Merge

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Post by 0x073 »

Since the auto update for sublimetext to version 4 where I don't have a license for I switched to vscode and never looked back.

At first I lost my trust and then I liked vsc more.

Re: Sublime Merge

#29

Post by rationably »

pilif wrote: post #24

Sublime Merge is cough sublimely good at performing 3-way merges. I don't like it as much as a generic git frontend (nothing beats the command line once you're used to it, but for 3-way merges, it's absolutely perfect and I have yet to see anything better. Another very good tool for 3-way merges is meld, but the macOS port (where I do most of my development work on) is not very good, mostly because the GTK macOS port…

> yet to see anything better.

Try Beyond Compare v5.

Re: Sublime Merge

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Post by wodenokoto »

aeurielesn wrote: post #7
mandalorianer wrote: post #3

When Sublime Merge was initially released I liked it a lot. Mostly because of it's snappy speed (like Sublime Text). But since a year or so I'm using lazygit ( https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit ), which at least for me is the best git tool ever.

The two advertisements at the top of the README made me uncomfortable.

It’s the $250 sponsor tier. You can add your own for that price.

People need to get paid somehow.

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