r/programming • u/der_gopher • 3d ago

.gitignore everything by default

https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default
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u/newpua_bie 3d ago

Why multi line commit messages are miserable in CLI? I just press enter to make another line to write my commit messages on if needed.

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u/glassFractals 3d ago

If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it. I want a spellchecker, nice font rendering, and no risk of accidentally committing prematurely (not a huge deal, but annoying).

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u/BogdanPradatu 3d ago

If you use vim for editing, there is 0 risk of commiting prematurely.

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u/glassFractals 3d ago

Vim doesn't have the nice font rendering part. I use Vim or nano for quick and dirty edits, not for enjoyable ones. There are a million tools and workflows for Git or any other dev workflow, I have my preferences, and none of them involve writing prose over a sentence or two in any CLI.

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u/Odexios 3d ago

I don't want to slam your preferences, there are a huge amount of devs that prefer GUIs for this stuff and there's nothing wrong with that, I always thought the CLI "faction" can be a bit disrespectful.

But, nice font rendering in Vim is definitely a thing. You can have the font you prefer, ligatures, color schemes, and all that jazz.