Git Town – A high-level command line interface for Git
I am new to programming (less than 1 year) and the insignificance of this project is obvious to me. This looks very well done, but my understanding is that a user friendly wrapper for such a ubiquitous programming tech with already widespread GUIs and pluins is comparable to reinventing a wheel. It's a little frustrating how many projects like this appear to get so much attention and end up on HN, because it makes for a disorienting maze of distractions for newer programmers. I love all the productivity, excitement, possibility but it's still peculiar and debatably problematic.<p>My best guess is this was a personal project that solved some person(s) problems, and for some reason related to networking or self-promotion, it got the decoration of a full release treatment. What else could cause this?<p>I know there are zillions of these every day but this seems like one we all can see through. Can anyone share some insight here?<p>Should I be contributing to the heap of projects like these to further my own career?