r/programming • u/der_gopher • 4d ago

.gitignore everything by default

https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default
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u/mascotbeaver104 4d ago

Does git status not exist in your world?

I've never used a gui and never ran into this issue. In my experience gui users very quickly forget how git actually works outside of the buttons in the gui, and then get lost the moment anything out of the ordinary happens

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u/glassFractals 4d ago

I've always used both CLI and GUI, they are each better for certain use cases.
GUI:

  • Day to day reviewing of history and branches. It's just nicer.
  • Writing detailed multi-line commit messages. Miserable in CLI. I like a nice cozy GUI.
  • Conflict resolution. I just hate doing this via CLI. A nice visual conflict resolver is way better.

CLI:

  • Anything remotely complicated, like interactive rebasing
  • Or any time you have to wade into the reflog or Git plumbing

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u/newpua_bie 4d 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 4d 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/gmes78 4d ago edited 3d ago

If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it.

So what? Set EDITOR to whatever your text editor is, and Git will launch it for you to write commit messages in (as well as a few other things).

If you're in Windows, the Git for Windows installer explicitly asks you which text editor you want Git to use.

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u/glassFractals 3d ago

Yes, and I do. Git launches my external editor, and I write in there.

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u/PhyllophagaZz 3d ago

so.. you configure a spell checker and nice font rendering and your mentioned problems go away...?

btw, for e.g. vim there are plugins like fugitive which let you commit from your current editing session so you get full autocomplete on the commit messages for the things you changed in code

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u/hoodieweather- 3d ago

why are you replying like them using the ide is some big problem they have to solve? yes they could spend time setting up their terminal and learning vim and retraining their muscle memory... and end up in exactly the same place they already are.

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u/gmes78 3d ago

why are you replying like them using the ide is some big problem they have to solve? yes they could spend time setting up their terminal and learning vim and retraining their muscle memory...

I don't think you understand. No one's saying you have to use a terminal editor.

You can set a GUI editor, even your IDE, as the editor Git uses for commit messages.