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One concern was the potential for confusion between editors that provide
built-in Git support, and command-line editors that can be used to write
commit messages.
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- James Ong ([jomonman537](https://github.com/jomonman537))
- Trish Campbell ([TrishC](https://github.com/TrishC))
- Isobel Abell ([iabell](https://github.com/iabell))
- Nefel Tellioglu Cetinkaya ([nefeltellioglu](https://github.com/nefeltellioglu))
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# Graphical Git clients

While Git is a command-line program, there are other ways to work with Git repositories:
In this book we will primarily show how to use Git **from the command-line**.
If you don't have Git already installed on your computer, see these [instructions for installing Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).

In addition to using the command-line, there are other ways to work with Git repositories:

- There are many [graphical clients](https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis) that you can download and use;

- Many editors include Git support (e.g., [Atom](https://atom.io/), [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com/), [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)); and
- Many editors include **built-in** Git support (e.g., [Atom](https://atom.io/), [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com/), [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)); and

- Online platforms such as [GitHub](https://github.com/), [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/public), and [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/) also provide a graphical interface for common Git actions.

In this book we will primarily show how to use Git **from the command-line**, but all of the concepts and terminology should also apply to all of the tools described above.
If you don't have Git already installed on your computer, see these [instructions for installing Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).
All of the concepts and terminology you will learn in this book should also apply to all of the tools listed above.

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