The point of the article clearly is about how a few general purpose shell tools can combine together to be the "right" tool in so many different usecases for which they weren't specifically designed for. You can argue for more specialized tool, and that's okay. But saying just "this" task inspired this blog post clearly misses the point of the article, which is generality.
In any case there are like a bazillion of GUI git tools. Are you certain each and all of them support this feature? If someone doesn't know any of them, what are the odds the first GUI tool they install has this feature? The hidden cost of finding the "right" tool is overlooked in its advocacy.
In any case there are like a bazillion of GUI git tools. Are you certain each and all of them support this feature? If someone doesn't know any of them, what are the odds the first GUI tool they install has this feature? The hidden cost of finding the "right" tool is overlooked in its advocacy.