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> ... when you can just master the official command line client and forget about the rest?

I generally agree, I want the full git interface, which is available everywhere and has no limitations and is not bound to a particular editor.

There is however one area I do find useful to have integrated into an editor, various kinds of code annotations... e.g gitgutter, I use this in vim - these type of features compliment git porcelain rather than replace it. i.e gitgutter is no git diff, but it gives you a good feel for what's been changed before you jump into staging. I've never used magit, I wonder if it has such features? or is it really only a git porcelain shortcut?




> gitgutter is no git diff

FYI in gitgutter you can preview the diff for any change (and also edit the hunk and stage it).


Magit has a blame annotation mode, no gitgutter, although there's an unrelated emacs port of that one.




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