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15 Lazygit Features In Under 15 Minutes

Jesse Duffield · 271.5K views · 2019-11-09 · 12:12

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Overview

The author of lazygit demos 15 features of his terminal UI for git, such as staging individual lines and easier rebasing, aimed at making common git tasks simpler.

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Recommended as the author's own quick intro to lazygit, a TUI that makes git workflows more natural.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2022–2026

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haskman · 2026-03 · Recommendation

Vim/Neovim users should look at LazyGIT. [VIDEO] The best part - it's a TUI program that's usable independently, that also happens to embed really well within vim.

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kobalsky · 2022-11 · Recommendation

> git add -p allows me to add chunks easily and create commits your workflow resembles mine so I'm in the obligation of mentioning [LINK] which allows you to stage individual lines among other features. [VIDEO]

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peterfication · 2022-11 · Recommendation

Using lazygit has improved my usage of Git so much! There is a nice video from the author that introduces a lot of its features. [0]: [VIDEO]

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