Why GitHub Desktop when we’ve terminal?

No doubt, Command Line Interface (CLI) is super sexy! One of the best features of Git is that it works blazingly fast on the terminal. Working from command line consumes lesser RAM along with delivering quicker output. Since it has no graphical interface, the load on the system is less and CPU consumption is even lesser. Server have no UI, neither is required by Git. So you get an added advantage of learning Git from CLI. There’s never a minus in using Git from the terminal.

What about the beginners?

I couldn’t agree more to it, that in the entire journey, the start is the most crucial point. Well, GitHub understands you well. It has made the entry point to GitHub super easy with the application - GitHub Desktop.

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