Chapter 9: Git GUI Tools
Until now, we’ve performed all our Git-related actions through the terminal, looking in detail at what each command does. The advantage of terminal commands is that they work across all platforms.
In Chapter 1, I mentioned that there are various GUI (graphic user interface) tools that can be used instead of the terminal. Although GUI tools can appear to make life simpler, applications can use differing UIs, terminology, and Git concepts. GUI tools also lack some of the power and features of the terminal, and terminal commands execute more quickly. For these reasons, I’ve avoided the use of Git GUI tools so far.
In this chapter, we’ll look at the GUI tools that serve as Git clients. First, we’ll review GitHub Desktop ...
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