I've tried a number of gui tools for git but I keep coming back to the command line. You can format your `git log` output to give you your network graph and `git add -[pi]` allow me to stage hunks of diffs much like a GUI tool might.
I think more than what tools you use (gui or command line) it's really useful to get an understanding of gits internal model. It informs day-to-day use and is a great example of an elegant, well-designed system.
The omglog gem is also useful for working with git. It gives you a graphical log of the entire repo (not just your current branch as a normal git log does), and it auto updates by monitoring for file system changes (OSX only).
To install:
sudo gem install omglog
Then just run `omglog` in the root of your repo, or use this alias in your `.gitconfig` to automatically run it from the root of whatever repo you're in:
[alias]
omg = !omglog
(shell commands, starting with a "!" command in a git alias are always run from the root of a repository)
I think more than what tools you use (gui or command line) it's really useful to get an understanding of gits internal model. It informs day-to-day use and is a great example of an elegant, well-designed system.