From b1acd6185401a0548c13c0dcdb62839b09f93cce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jenny Bryan Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:28:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove footnote --- install-git-client.Rmd | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/install-git-client.Rmd b/install-git-client.Rmd index 783133a..1cced8a 100644 --- a/install-git-client.Rmd +++ b/install-git-client.Rmd @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Git and your Git client are not the same thing, just like R and RStudio are not RStudio offers a very basic Git client via its Git pane. I use this often for simple operations, but you probably want another, more powerful one as well. -Fair warning: for some tasks, you must use the command line. But the more powerful your Git client is, the less often this happens. The visual overview given by your Git client can also be invaluable for understanding the current state of things, even when preparing calls to command line Git. +Fair warning: for some tasks, you must use the command line. But the more powerful your Git client is, the less often this happens. The visual overview given by your Git client can also be invaluable for understanding the current state of things, even when preparing calls to command line Git. Fantastic news: because all of the clients are just forming and executing Git commands on your behalf, you don't have to pick one. You can literally do one operation from the command line, do another from RStudio, and another from GitKraken, one after the other, and it just works. @@ -73,12 +73,10 @@ Do whatever works for you, but don't do anything for the sake of purity or heroi ## Recommended Git clients - * [GitKraken](https://www.gitkraken.com) is a free*, powerful Git(Hub) client that is my current favorite. It's especially exciting because it works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is great news, especially for long-suffering Linux users who previously had very few options. I used the free version for years, which works great, but now I happily pay money for the pro version. + * [GitKraken](https://www.gitkraken.com) is a free, powerful Git(Hub) client that is my current favorite. It's especially exciting because it works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is great news, especially for long-suffering Linux users who previously had very few options. I used the free version for years, which works great, but now I happily pay money for the pro version. * [SourceTree](https://www.sourcetreeapp.com) is another free client that I used to highly recommend. It was my first beloved Git client, but I eventually had to give it up, due to long-standing bugs / deficiencies that seemed like they would never be fixed ([macOS bug re: leaking file handles](http://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=1387401), no ability to control font size). GitKraken feels much more actively developed and has completely supplanted SourceTree for me. - + * GitHub offers a free Git(Hub) client, [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/), for Windows and macOS. Although we previously discouraged its use, GitHub's client has since gotten a thorough makeover that eliminates several of our concerns, so we're cautiously optimistic. GitHub Desktop is aimed at beginners who want the most useful features of Git front and center. The flipside is that it may not support some of the more advanced workflows exposed by the clients above and, consequently, may not develop your mental model of Git as thoroughly. * Browse [even more Git(Hub) clients](http://git-scm.com/downloads/guis). - -\* Free for solo developers on local and public repositories only.