Magit
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Magit is an interface to the Git version control system (a Git Client), implemented as a GNU Emacs package[2][3] written in Elisp. It is made available through the MELPA package repository,[4] on which it is the most-downloaded non-library package, with over 3.7 million downloads as of February 2023.[5]
Original author(s) | Marius Vollmer |
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Developer(s) | Jonas Bernoulli, Kyle Meyer, and Noam Postavsky |
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Repository | github |
Written in | Emacs Lisp |
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License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Website | magit |
Like many graphical user interfaces, Magit provides a visual interface to represent version control actions; however, it uses a keyboard-centric model, and also functions as a text-based user interface.[lower-alpha 1] The issue of key-memorization is mitigated through use of a popup menu which displays the actions available to the user[6] — serving as a mnemonic aid.[7]