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0 pointsdoubleunplussed6y ago0 comments

Am I missing something, or is it impossible to, y'know, check out a previous revision using github desktop? Create a branch at a previous revision? Reset the branch to some previous commit? Any of these things?

It seems to have next to zero functionality. What is the point of it? What you you use it for, other than commit, push?

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iamsb6y ago· 1 in thread

You can do most of the things you have mentioned using atlassians desktop client https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

doubleunplussedOP6y ago

I know that, I'm just wondering what the point of GitHub Desktop is.

I use Sublime Merge, but no Git GUI I've used comes close to tortoisehg for mercurial. Tortoisehg is actually superior to and a comprehensive replacement for the command line. I wish something like it existed for git, if not for me then for the newbie-ish people I need to instruct on project workflows.

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