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Would it be possible to do a special distribution for non emacs users? I'm thinking of one download with emacs + magit + CUA mode by default + run magit-status on startup (or whatever else would be appropriate).

So it looks like a standalone git client rather than emacs.

I'm an emacs user, so I would never use this, but it's just a thought.

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I intend to make Magit usable from the command-line, so `magit diff ...` would be similar to `git diff ...` except that the output would be "actionable", i.e. you can use `s` to stage, `RET` to visit the file/blob [edit: eventually even in an editor other than Emacs] etc. And `q` to return to the command line.

Packaging that up in a fail-safe fashion is a different story, I would like to do that too, but I expect it will be a lot of work and would certainly appreciate help with that. (There are some projects like Lispbox, which might give such an effort a head start.)

At least in the beginning I think "mostly fail-safe" installation instructions will have to do.

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