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What does Magit do on the Git command line?
Magit is a complete text-based user interface to Git. It fills the glaring gap between the Git command-line interface and various GUIs, letting you perform trivial as well as elaborate version control tasks with just a couple of mnemonic key presses. Magit looks like a prettified version of what you get after running a few Git commands but in
How to check out a git pull request?
To checkout a particular PR run : $ git checkout pr/999 git-request-pull doesn’t send anything. It just prints to your terminal a text, that can be e-mailed to upstream repository owner. The request, printed to the standard output, begins with the branch description, summarizes the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
Is there a Git porcelain inside Emacs Magit?
A Git Porcelain inside Emacs Magit is a complete text-based user interface to Git. It fills the glaring gap between the Git command-line interface and various GUIs, letting you perform trivial as well as elaborate version control tasks with just a couple of mnemonic key presses.
Which is version control system does Magit use?
Magit is an interface to the version control system Git, implemented as an Emacs package.
Is it possible to run Git in the background?
In the background Magit just runs Git commands and if you wish you can see what exactly is being run, making it possible for you to learn the git command-line by using Magit. Using Magit for a while will make you a more effective version control user.
Do you think Magit is a complete Git porcelain?
Magit aspires to be a complete Git porcelain. While we cannot (yet) claim that Magit wraps and improves upon each and every Git command, it is complete enough to allow even experienced Git users to perform almost all of their daily version control tasks directly from within Emacs.
Where can I install Magit on my computer?
Magit can be installed using Emacs’ package manager or manually from its development repository. Magit is available from Melpa and Melpa-Stable. If you haven’t used Emacs’ package manager before, then it is high time you familiarize yourself with it by reading the documentation in the Emacs manual, see (emacs)Packages.
Who are the creators of the Magit game?
Magit was started by Marius Vollmer, and is now maintained by Jonas Bernoulli, Kyle Meyer, and Noam Postavsky. Former maintainers are Nicolas Dudebout, Peter J. Weisberg , Phil Jackson, Rémi Vanicat, and Yann Hodique .