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Re: git-gui desktop launcher

From
Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2024, 13:57 UTC
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On 2024-02-06 01:50, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> 
>> Comment=A portable graphical interface to Git
> 
> I have two gripes with this Comment:
> 
> - That the program is portable is irrelevant for the user. The word need
> not occur in this Comment.
> 
> - I had hoped for a more precise description. In particular, when a
> program is advertised as "graphical interface to Git", then I would
> expect that it can do a bit more than initialize repositories and make
> commits. At a minimum, I would expect a history viewer; but Git Gui
> doesn't have one. Unless you count the two "Visualize" entries in the
> "Repository" menu that invoke gitk as such. So, I dunno.
Perhaps
	A graphical tool for creating Git commits
?
		M.
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