I think newbies should use a GUI instead of a command line. A GUI is much more discoverable, and the command line just encourages XKCD 1597 style uses.
Let's say A and B are new to git, and discovered they had one change that should have been on their last commit. Now, seasoned git users would be saying that git commit --amend is the obvious answer, and they're right. However, A and B just recently switched from Subversion, so they don't know that Git has an amend function.
A is using the command line, so they just make another commit using the same git add . && git commit && git push spell they've been reciting. Why would they read the docs when they think they know the solution already?
B is using a GUI, and notices that on the commit dialog there's a checkbox that says "amend last commit". The feature is right there discoverable and not hidden among the infinite possibilities of flags.
Now I do argue that a better shell can change a lot of this. Perhaps when you start typing git commit, it pops up a list of available, or at least commonly used, flags, akin to an IDE.
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I think newbies should use a GUI instead of a command line. A GUI is much more discoverable, and the command line just encourages XKCD 1597 style uses.
Let's say A and B are new to git, and discovered they had one change that should have been on their last commit. Now, seasoned git users would be saying that
git commit --amendis the obvious answer, and they're right. However, A and B just recently switched from Subversion, so they don't know that Git has an amend function.A is using the command line, so they just make another commit using the same
git add . && git commit && git pushspell they've been reciting. Why would they read the docs when they think they know the solution already?B is using a GUI, and notices that on the commit dialog there's a checkbox that says "amend last commit". The feature is right there discoverable and not hidden among the infinite possibilities of flags.
Now I do argue that a better shell can change a lot of this. Perhaps when you start typing
git commit, it pops up a list of available, or at least commonly used, flags, akin to an IDE.