everybody does...instead of playing games lets put the worshiping to one side and start using alternatives
I acknowedge that the inconsistent argument style looks clumsy when remembering `git log --name-only --oneline`. However, I value the workflow afforded by the stage: I can keep work for several tasks in my workspace until I am ready to commit them.
I've checked Fossil, Jujutsu, and Mercurial. Each disavows the stage. I understand that it takes more discipline (and I occasionally fail to adhere to that discipline). But, I'm not interested in the other features of a vcs if it forces me to work on only one thing at a time.
For Jujutsu, there's two good options I know of:
1. Use "jj commit -i". This opens up a screen which lets you interactively select files/hunks/lines to commit. You can also pass in a "--tool" commit to use something like Meld.
2. Use the "squash workflow" - basically making your own staging area using jj's flexibility. I can't explain it better than Steve does: https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/real-world-w...
It’s a shame there’s still nothing quite like GitHub for Mercurial (anymore), where anyone can just sign up and create repositories. Heptapod has a public instance for FOSS, but it requires approval to create projects. There’s also a separate hosted instance for basically anything, but it’s commercial and costs money. One can also self-host, but GitLab is not exactly lightweight, and other solutions aren’t as integrated with evolution features.
maybe if someone rewrote it in rust it would be sexy again? rurcurial?
They have and it's called jujutsu :-)
OK, it's not a Mercurial clone, but it did take some features from it, and using it will feel more like Mercurial than git. And you can use it on git repositories, so you can have your cake and eat it too.