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What were your misconceptions about Git when you first started? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I used CVS and ClearCase before moving into Git, and it took me some time to adjust to the fact that the cost of branching in Git is much much less than ClearCase. And getting into the "distributed" mindset didn't happen overnight.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sublime Merge is the best. Not easy but I’ve tried them all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I've tried them all. Didn't get on with Sublime Merge.

My recommendations:

GitX (sadly Mac only, and a confusing array of forks).
Git Extensions (which I avoided for ages because the terrible name makes it sound like it's just explorer shell extensions but it's actually a full GUI).
Git Graph VSCode extension

Most of the others are kind of crap IMO.