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I see this question of, “what GUI or TUI should I use to work with git?” fairly often here. And always I feel bad for saying “just use the cli” over and over, but truthfully I can’t see a reason to need a UI.

Are people actually running into pain points with the cli, or is it just preference for people who don’t like working in a terminal?

FWIW, I have used GitKraken, LazyGit, SourceTree and GitHub Desktop before. And I don’t think they are bad to use (unless you are just learning git), but more curious why.

EDIT : I’m mainly referring to standalone UIs, I understand why people would use IDE integrations, as it’s quick and convenient. But having to open a separate application or run a separate command to open a terminal app to run your commands seems overkill to me.

EDIT 2 : I use vscode as my difftool and mergetool. I still open them directly from the terminal by running the cli. I don't think this is the same as using a full git client like SourceTree, Gitkraken, or lazygit to fully drive your version control workflow. Which is what I am asking about.

Cheers

Currently, I’m really struggling trying to figure out how to make clean SVGs for Rive.

I’m fairly artistic, and I’ve been drawing for years, but everything that I want to animate really only exists in a paper sketchbook. I figured I could draw out the layers and take a photo of something. Then import it into rive and trace it, but I’m still using the pen tool which feels clunky.

Is there a software that you recommend for creating SVGs, maybe one where I could import hand-drawn shapes?

Or is it just worth learning how to use the tools and biting the bullet for a while?

Any help would be appreciated thanks