THE VIDEO SHELF · git terminal ui
15 Lazygit Features In Under 15 Minutes
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as the author's own quick intro to lazygit, a TUI that makes git workflows more natural.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jesse Duffield
- Topic
- git terminal ui
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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> 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]
kobalsky on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible clientUsing 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]
peterfication on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible clientVim/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.
haskman on Hacker News · 2026-03
In Rebasing in Magit
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