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0 pointsaalbertson10y ago0 comments

uhhh....yeah.....I would say the vast majority of devs in the non-MSFT space use terminal more than 99% of the time...

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> I would say the vast majority of devs in the non-MSFT space use terminal more than 99% of the time

That's a pretty bold claim. Do you have any data behind it?

It's only anecdotal but in my experience it's almost the exact opposite; having worked in multiples of both MSFT and non-MSFT shops it seems like almost every one uses a UI to handle git. I don't blame them; it's not always easy visualizing all of the changes (in my opinion at least) just through a terminal window.

aalbertsonOP10y ago

Sadly no, it was a terribly anecdotal claim with no official evidence to back it up. I guess the point behind my claim is what do you mean by "working with git"? To me it is about checking code in, diffing, etc... which most people I've ever worked with do from the terminal. Occasionally I'll see folks want a gui for diffs (not really surprising since it's kinda fugly from terminal), but do most of the "work" from term.

So I suppose I shall digress and admit I committed a total failure at an internet statement on a decently technical forum.

in the words of Homer....

doh!

tomschlick10y ago

using the terminal for staging lots of code, or comparing diffs is painful. i personally use sourcetree for that or open a PR on bitbucket/github

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