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Discussion on: Which git commands do you struggle with?

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Nicholas Stimpson

It's not so much the individual commands as the entire philosophy. And the multiple commands that do the same thing. Or nearly the same thing. Or almost the same command that does something entirely different. So you're left feeling like "You're in a room with multiple exits, all the same".

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Ben Halpern

Have you considered using a tool or abstraction that helps? Just curious.

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Nicholas Stimpson

I use TortoiseGit mostly. And eGit in Eclipse. And I used to use SourceTree. They all help a bit. But when things go screwy, I inevitably end up back at the command line.

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Michael

At least when you enter a wrong command you don't get eaten by a Grue