From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: Git Screencast ? Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:25 -0500 Message-ID: <20071123205825.GB14735@spearce.org> References: <47453C6D.1080403@op5.se> <20071123101426.GA15902@dualtron.vpn.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Michael Donaghy , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Gilger X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Nov 23 21:58:54 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ivfbv-0006zN-Lt for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:58:52 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752892AbXKWU6b (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752844AbXKWU6b (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:31 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:58606 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752738AbXKWU6a (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:30 -0500 Received: from [74.70.48.173] (helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IvfbO-0005D8-AU; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:18 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 64D5920FBAE; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:58:25 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071123101426.GA15902@dualtron.vpn.rwth-aachen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Gilger wrote: > 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.