Re: Git Screencast ?

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Nov 23, 2007, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20071123205825.GB14735@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071123101426.GA15902@dualtron.vpn.rwth-aachen.de>

Johannes Gilger <heipei@hackvalue.de> wrote:

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> On 22/11/07 20:47, Michael Donaghy wrote:
> > Yes thank you , although a screen cast would still be ideal , the 
> > documentation is very good,
> > also , what do you think of git-gui ? , I think it is the best one
> 
> I think you're trying to hide the complexity of git. The problem with 
> graphical tools is that they hide complexity from the user, which in 
> some cases is only possibly/good if the user has understood the 
> underlying principles already.

Actually some users have found that its easier to grok the index by using git-gui. You can more directly see the state of update actions, and it is fairly easy to stage/unstage individual hunks of files through git-gui. Once you get that down then seeking the same methods through the command line isn't too difficult, many of the terms in git-gui are the same as the command line term, to make the transition back and forth easier for the user.

-- 
Shawn.