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Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by copsarebastards »

hatsix wrote: post #118
alexchamberlain wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 I was going to make a rather sarcastic comment that this is for "professional engineers", but is OS X only. Ubuntu on a VirtualBox on Windows for me.

How do you resolve 'executable' files in your VM? I've not been able to run node apps because executables end up getting stored in /node_modules/, but if that is on a windows share, no executable flag is stored. Resolving the FS differences has always been the biggest pain for me using windows as the core OS.

The node ecosystem in general is a mess; I don't think you can blame that on the OS. I did a node project recently and I've still not been able to get it to run on two seemingly identical systems in the same way.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by barbs »

Looks interesting. I think speed is absolutely important when it comes to version-control interfaces. It was one of the main reasons Linus created it in the first place (as opposed to SVN), and I'd argue it's important to maintain flow.

My current git interface is "tig", a curses-based command-line client, which I enjoy for its speed and simplicity. Gitup looks appealing for similar reasons.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by masnick »

This looks great.

BTW I don't get all the negativity in the comments about Mac-only tools. A huge number of developers use Macs specifically for well-designed third party software with *nix goodness. I wish other platforms had the same quality of third party software, but they just don't. This is mostly because it is much more difficult to make money selling software for other platforms, for whatever reason.

In any case, I don't see the justification for ragging on someone for developing for (1) the platform they choose to use themselves and (2) the only platform where indie devs can make any money.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by hatsix »

tracker1 wrote: post #168
hatsix wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you resolve 'executable' files in your VM? I've not been able to run node apps because executables end up getting stored in /node_modules/, but if that is on a windows share, no executable flag is stored. Resolving the FS differences has always been the biggest pain for me using windows as the core OS.

I'm not sure where your disconnect is... - SSH to linux box with node on it - Edit files via Samba/CIFS from windows box - Run node/iojs via nvm for the project on linux - ??? - PROFIT! Don't execute programs on a network drive... especially across platforms, you're asking for pain.

Disconnect is the management/config of VMs. We use vagrant, which means I have to check out the repo onto the drive to get the config...

Sounds like if either have to nest VMs (is that even possible?), check out the repo twice. Or have a config that is very different on windows vs everyone else.

Oh well... Maybe win 10 will support a Linux compatible FS.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by imron »

Touche wrote: post #108
cheald wrote: post #87

It's kind of amusing to me how the pendulum has swung, and we're now producing OS X-only developer software. But then, I'm an oddball who works on Windows as my shell with the real work happening on a headless Linux box via SSH and Samba for 99% of my development.

There's no market for this sort of thing on Windows. The vast majority of development that happens on Windows takes place in either Visual Studio or Eclipse, and those developers prefer tools that integrate with their IDE rather than be standalone.

I do Windows development with Visual Studio, but all my Git commands are done through Git Bash, which I love.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by karmakaze »

I've tried to use GitX and SourceTree in my workflow and always end up going back to gitk. There's always some information, view or action I can do in gitk that I can't make the others do. I find git from the command line to be the most painless. Everything else is always the third thing after gitk and command-line. Seeing multiple stashes used to be a great extra feature, then I just stopped using stashes.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by LocalPCGuy »

Touche wrote: post #108
cheald wrote: post #87

It's kind of amusing to me how the pendulum has swung, and we're now producing OS X-only developer software. But then, I'm an oddball who works on Windows as my shell with the real work happening on a headless Linux box via SSH and Samba for 99% of my development.

There's no market for this sort of thing on Windows. The vast majority of development that happens on Windows takes place in either Visual Studio or Eclipse, and those developers prefer tools that integrate with their IDE rather than be standalone.

I completely disagree, that is the kind of thinking that causes OSX only software to be written. I use Windows because that's what I grew up on and as a practical matter, I can buy the same equipment for half the price of a Mac. And I use all maner of "cool tools" like this as much as possible.

Pissing on devs who use Windows may have been somewhat valid a few years ago, but times are changing, and people use it even if they aren't doing VS/Eclipse work. (FWIW, I hate Eclipse. However, Visual Studio is a very good IDE, if you like IDEs)

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by LocalPCGuy »

stinos wrote: post #130
Touche wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no market for this sort of thing on Windows. The vast majority of development that happens on Windows takes place in either Visual Studio or Eclipse, and those developers prefer tools that integrate with their IDE rather than be standalone.

Maybe I'm odd but apart from working in VS, none of your statements hold true for me. I saw this and was like 'gimme gimme' only to find out it is OSX only. Quite a disappointment, especially given the recent stall (afaik) in SourceTree for Windows development, making me go back to the command line more and more again. I vastly prefer standalone tools for things like git because else I have to learn the builtin tools…

Take a look at P4Merge for doing your merges/diffs - it's a very nice tool for merging. You don't need the entire P4 ecosystem, the merge tool is standalone.

Re: GitUp makes Git painless

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Post by EC1 »

cheald wrote: post #190
EC1 wrote: post #171

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>Most people in the office have spent $100 on software that just customizes the OS, not even considering the other dev tools that they purchase. What's your point? Most people have spent >$100 on going to a theater to watch movies, which is arguably a much worse way to spend money than improve your workflow. Windows has much worse window management than OS X, and so does Linux. Just because the info is there, doesn't…

I'm trying to figure out what on earth you mean by OS X having better window management than Windows and Linux. Of the three, I've long considered OS X to have the worst.

Good for you.
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