[fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Google Code closing down

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

On 2015-03-15 14:11, vfclists . wrote:
> I think such a tool with documentation on how it was built would be the
> best advert for Lazarus and FreePascal. Graeme?

I've tried ever GUI tool under the sun for Git. They all have there
faults. In most cases they often get confused about the actual state of
the repo, are slow as hell, or simply lag behind the actual Git cli tool.

Also having to learn different GUI tools on each platform I use is damn
annoying too.

So with all the above taken into account, that is why I prefer to do all
my git work from the command line. I must confess I use 'git gui' and
'gitk' very often too. Ignore the fact that those Tcl/Tk apps will not
win any beauty contest, but they sure as hell are very efficient,
functional and consistent across all platforms that Git supports. In
fact they have many hidden command line parameters too, which change
their functionality, making them more useful. Other GUI front-ends just
can't keep up with Git's development pace. So now I only have one set of
tools to learn and can happily jump between platforms and not miss a
beat. The standard Git under Windows even have shell integration for
those die-hard GUI fans.

So no, I don't condone yet another feature limiting Git frontend - we
already have way to many out there for my liking.

Regards,
  Graeme