I use git-cola mostly when I want to commit various hunks separately; it makes that task real easy.
I was impressed by its equivalent functionality for the git --amend
option the first time I saw it. If you click on the Amend Last
Commit radio button, it actually displays the commit message of that
previous commit. I was surprised to see it, especially since on clicking
that option, I quickly ran to the command-line to copy that commit
message, only to see the message waiting for me, ready to be edited
away.
Another feature I really like is that if you attempt to commit something without staging it first, instead of just complaining, if offers to stage and commit all in one click. Nice.
These functionalities are real simple, but they really make for a
pleasant user experience. Pity I haven't seen a tool as easy to use in
the land of Mercurial. There, I use the command-line hg record which
isn't as pleasant.