From: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
To: shrimech <eddinen77@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] interactive: add interactive command helper
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 07:46:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <am9Vy9vMsixhaR9E@nixos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260802032549.50389-1-eddinen77@gmail.com>
On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 11:25:48PM -0400, shrimech wrote:
> Git does not provide a simple interactive entry point for common working-tree and history operations.
>
> Add a new git interactive command that presents a terminal menu for common operations, including status, adding changed files, log, graph output, branch listing, and help.
>
Git comes with built-in GUI tools in git-gui and gitk. Also there are
several third-party frontends[1] available for Git. Why add another
built-in interactive interface instead of modify or adding to what
already exists?
[1] https://git-scm.com/tools/guis
> diff --git a/git-interactive b/git-interactive
> new file mode 100755
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..980a21c967d02ab121a54ee586cc9de4a98aa725
> GIT binary patch
>
I think including this binary patch was a mistake?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-02 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-02 3:25 [PATCH] interactive: add interactive command helper shrimech
2026-08-02 14:46 ` Michael Montalbo [this message]
[not found] ` <CAHiURhuC-dnUJ80T7f3ZynV_qj-b9_9Rs0YxyibCNDeNnuKEJA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-08-02 22:52 ` Michael Montalbo
2026-08-04 8:35 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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