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Why I don't use a GUI for Git

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+title: Why I don't use a GUI for Git
+date: 2024-03-24
+permalink: archive/2024/03/24/why-i-dont-use-a-gui-for-git
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - git
+cta: ~
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+    Do you use a GUI when working with Git? This is why I don't.
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+I've been a Git user since my first full-time Developer position in 2010.
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+I've used other version control systems, too, early in my career, but I settled on Git and haven't looked back.
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+I've used GUI tools for Git, such as Sourcetree and GitHub Desktop, but I prefer to use Git on the command line instead of a GUI or TUI.
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+As a Developer who uses a command-line-focused workflow and works mainly in a terminal, there is less context switching, but I want to focus on learning the tool itself rather than a wrapper around it.
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+Some GUIs add their own terminology or functionality, making it difficult for people to debug something on the command line if they experience an issue.
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+It's easier to solve problems if you understand the tool itself.
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+What if I had a favourite Git GUI that became no longer supported or maintained?
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+Would any time spent learning that GUI have been wasted?
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+This was also a reason why I switched to using Docker and Docker Compose instead of pre-built wrappers.
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+I want to better understand and be efficient with the underlying tool, not only someone else's implementation of it.