In general, the tool looks cool. It also looks like it takes time to learn; but if you find it useful, it's probably worth it taking the time to learn.
There were two blockers for me:
1: I can't free-form select text with a mouse like a can in a terminal. (I honestly haven't used a TUI since the 1990s.) I frequently copy bits of branch names from the terminal, so this was a big deal for me. There is a way to "disable" the mouse in lazygit, which then allows copy & paste; but as I prefer to learn a program with point & click, it's a non-starter for me.
2: A lot of this functionality is built into Visual Studio for me. I use a mix of Visual Studio's point & click with git, and then the git command-line: Whichever is easiest for the specific task I'm doing. It just takes a bit more exploration in Visual Studio to find this functionality, as opposed to it being front and center when starting lazygit.
In general, the tool looks cool. It also looks like it takes time to learn; but if you find it useful, it's probably worth it taking the time to learn.
There were two blockers for me:
1: I can't free-form select text with a mouse like a can in a terminal. (I honestly haven't used a TUI since the 1990s.) I frequently copy bits of branch names from the terminal, so this was a big deal for me. There is a way to "disable" the mouse in lazygit, which then allows copy & paste; but as I prefer to learn a program with point & click, it's a non-starter for me.
2: A lot of this functionality is built into Visual Studio for me. I use a mix of Visual Studio's point & click with git, and then the git command-line: Whichever is easiest for the specific task I'm doing. It just takes a bit more exploration in Visual Studio to find this functionality, as opposed to it being front and center when starting lazygit.