diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-24.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-24.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9cba1238 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-24.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +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: ~ +snippet: | + Do you use a GUI when working with Git? This is why I don't. +--- + +I've been a Git user since my first full-time Developer position in 2010. + +I've used other version control systems, too, early in my career, but I settled on Git and haven't looked back. + +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. + +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. + +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. + +It's easier to solve problems if you understand the tool itself. + +What if I had a favourite Git GUI that became no longer supported or maintained? + +Would any time spent learning that GUI have been wasted? + +This was also a reason why I switched to using Docker and Docker Compose instead of pre-built wrappers. + +I want to better understand and be efficient with the underlying tool, not only someone else's implementation of it.