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I've been retired from emacs for several years now but I'm still looking for a magit replacement that is independent of my editor. Vscode's magit extension is really good but i split my time between IntelliJ and vscode.

Anyone know of something like this?

sirn 19 hours ago [ - ]

When I still used Git, I used to have a minimized `magit-init.el` that essentially did:

    (setq user-emacs-directory (format "~/.emacs.d/magit/%s/" emacs-version))
    (setq custom-file (concat user-emacs-directory "custom.el"))
    (setq make-backup-files nil)
    (setq auto-save-default nil)
    (setq create-lockfiles nil)
    (setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
    (setq initial-scratch-message nil)

    (require 'magit)
    (defun setup-standalone-magit ()
      (magit-project-status)
      (delete-other-windows))
    (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'setup-standalone-magit)

And a small wrapper (`~/.local/bin/magit`):

    #!/bin/sh
    if [ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree)" = "true" ]; then
        exec emacs -nw -q --no-splash -l "/path/to/magit-init.el"
    fi

It worked well for me because I can reuse all my keybindings (evil + leader keys with `general`) and my workflow is fully in the terminal. (I have since moved on to Jujutsu, and `jjui` is filling this gap for me right now, but it's not quite a magit-for-jj).

throw567643u8 2 hours ago [ - ]

I've never found a decent magit replacement since leaving emacs over to vim. There is a Vim attempt at a magit clone, but it is buggy as hell.

tptacek 20 hours ago [ - ]

Lazygit is the closest thing I've seen; it's what I use on remote hosts when TRAMP-ing into Magit would be too painful.

throw567643u8 15 hours ago [ - ]

lazygit is too slow for me.

jasaldivara 19 hours ago [ - ]

If you are on Linux/Gnome, try out Stage:

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.aganzha.Stage

WolfeReader 14 hours ago [ - ]

I was a loyal magit user for a decade. Now I use jujutsu from the command line. It's actually really nice.

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 19 hours ago [ - ]

>i split my time between IntelliJ and vscode

The IntelliJ git client is my favorite by far, I am curious what do you not like about it?

mattdeboard 14 hours ago [ - ]

It's not that i don't like it. It's that I've got 10-15 years (i think) of muscle memory with magit

Pay08 17 hours ago [ - ]

Honestly, magit is just a masterclass in UI design. It makes most everything incredibly easy to do while still giving you the ability to tweak things if you need to.

cmrdporcupine 20 hours ago [ - ]

https://github.com/altsem/gitu

throw567643u8 2 hours ago [ - ]

It doesn't have the (any?) diffing capabilities of magit, so it's not usable for me yet.