Paul Smith writes:
> On Mon, 2020-01-13 at 11:33 +0000, Jonathan Wakely wrote: >> I imagine a lot of people are going to feel lost in the first few >> weeks of using Git. > > I don't do IRC (and I'm not a GCC dev :)) but I'm happy to help via email. > > One thing I'll say though: if you're an Emacs user then IMO you should run, > not walk, to your nearest MELPA site and install the Magit package. > > https://magit.vc/ > > https://magit.vc/manual/magit/Installing-from-Melpa.html#Installing-from-Melpa > > It will make your day-to-day Git use much more pleasant. It provides a > single "status" buffer that shows you the current state of your workspace > and allows you to do everything from the very simple "commit all modified > files", to the more complex "pick and choose individual diff hunks to > commit". It provides Emacs-based interfaces to everything from push/pull > to merging to interactive rebasing. > > The Emacs VC integration with Git is pretty nice, but Magit takes things to > a whole different level. True, but be forewarned, Magit can be a bit slow on the GCC git repo.
