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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Mike Hankey23-Jul-20 9:30

Mike Hankey

23-Jul-20 9:30

You might try Free Git GUI Client - Windows, Mac, Linux | GitKraken[^]

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Sander Rossel23-Jul-20 9:35

Sander Rossel

23-Jul-20 9:35

That title's a bit misleading as it's only free for open source.
I mean, it's not very expensive[^], but there are actual free alternatives that work really well too.
That said, I've used GitKraken in the past and it's pretty sweet.

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

MarkTJohnson23-Jul-20 16:10

MarkTJohnson

23-Jul-20 16:10

I happily pay for the individual license of GitKraken and with the features added in version 7 it is better than ever. You can link your Issue Tracker to Kraken and update stories from inside Kraken, create branches based off the story name, even create stories inside the tool.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Sander Rossel23-Jul-20 9:33

Sander Rossel

23-Jul-20 9:33

I use SourceTree as it supports all Git commands that I know of in an intuitive enough interface.
I like that I can have multiple Git repositories open in tab pages at the same time and that I can categorize all my repositories in folders.
For some small projects or ad-hoc stuff I also use Visual Studio, sometimes next to SourceTree.
Especially blaming and seeing the history of a file works well in Visual Studio.
I also sometimes use Visual Studio to connect to Azure DevOps repositories, only to manage them using SourceTree once they're cloned to my machine.
I've used the GitHub GUI for GitHub projects, but I'm not a fan.
The SourceTree / Visual Studio combo works great for me Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Sander

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

atali24-Jul-20 8:42

atali

24-Jul-20 8:42

SourceTree 1.10. Tried 2.x and 3.x and upgraded them back to 1.10.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Kris Lantz23-Jul-20 9:48

Kris Lantz

23-Jul-20 9:48

I've used the Github GUI as well as Visual Studio. VS has been the primary for the last year or so, and it's worked well.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

MehreenTahir23-Jul-20 10:09

MehreenTahir

23-Jul-20 10:09

I usually work with visual studio code but I'm afraid that doesn't fall under Git UI but more bash. On the contrary, GitHub Desktop serves the purpose quite well.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Mircea Neacsu23-Jul-20 10:59

Mircea Neacsu

23-Jul-20 10:59

TortoiseGit with WinMerge for diffing. Started using it from the time of TortoiseCVS and never changed. Love to see the stuff I forgot to commit by just opening File Explorer.

Mircea

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Martin Hart Turner23-Jul-20 20:19

Martin Hart Turner

23-Jul-20 20:19

Exactly the same here, a great implantation and so easy to use.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Riz Thon23-Jul-20 21:27

Riz Thon

23-Jul-20 21:27

Same here. I added Control TortoiseGit from within Visual Studio[^] to access it fast.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

fd975023-Jul-20 21:44

fd9750

23-Jul-20 21:44

Yep, by far the most logical and intuitive combination. I have used multiple others and they do not even come close.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Jim Knopf jr.23-Jul-20 22:19

Jim Knopf jr.

23-Jul-20 22:19

Same here. It's so easy to use and the icons in file explorer show you the state.

But there is (or was) a limitation on the number of modified icons that Windows could handle. A really small number like 16 or so. Installing another package first which also modifies the icons, you might not see the advantage of the icons, because they are listed but not shown when exceeding the limit. No error message either. Unfortunately I don't remember which version of Windows had this restriction.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Citorix24-Jul-20 8:54

Citorix

24-Jul-20 8:54

Even Windows 10 only support 15 overlay icons. See also cito.github.io/blog/overlay-icon-battle/.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

MikeTheFid24-Jul-20 3:51

MikeTheFid

24-Jul-20 3:51

I too use TortoiseGit (also Visual Studio), but for merging I've never found anything better than Beyond Compare.

Cheers,
Mike Fidler

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Mircea Neacsu24-Jul-20 3:55

Mircea Neacsu

24-Jul-20 3:55

Heard many good things of it but it's paid and I'm a cheap bastard Smile | :)

Mircea

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

jdbos24-Jul-20 5:22

jdbos

24-Jul-20 5:22

Me, too. I occasionally look around at the alternatives but I have found nothing that beats Tortoise Git in terms of ease of use, functionality, and integration with Windows. And I also prefer WinMerge (especially the new version) over Tortoise Merge.

I wish Tortoise Git were available on Linux, because I use that sometimes too. The best I have found so far on Linux is GitEye, which comes pretty close to Tortoise Git in functionality and style.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

MSBassSinger23-Jul-20 11:53

MSBassSinger

23-Jul-20 11:53

Team Explorer in Visual Studio.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Andy Brummer23-Jul-20 12:33

Andy Brummer

23-Jul-20 12:33

I learned using source tree, but have switched over to doing most everything except conflict resolution using the command line tools. For that, I like VSCode the best, over any of the side by side diff tools that I've used. I also prefer rebasing over merging whenever I can, but that's a team decision.

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Jon McKee23-Jul-20 12:41

Jon McKee

23-Jul-20 12:41

I've only ever used the GitHub Desktop UI. It's simple and easy to use for the most common git tasks and for the hard ones it can start up a git shell. Personally I just use a shell now though. Not because the GUI is bad or anything, but I was responsible for the repo on a project and found myself mostly in the shell so I'm just used to it now.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Maximilien23-Jul-20 12:50

Maximilien

23-Jul-20 12:50

tortoise, mostly because I used it for SubVersion.

I installed/tried/uninstall many git tools.

We started using Azure DevOps, so I will try the integrated VS tools

I'd rather be phishing!

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Jacquers23-Jul-20 19:01

Jacquers

23-Jul-20 19:01

Sourcetree. It has the Git flow workflow which we use.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Efe Erdoğru23-Jul-20 19:50

Efe Erdoğru

23-Jul-20 19:50

Tortoise Git

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

GuyThiebaut23-Jul-20 20:14

GuyThiebaut

23-Jul-20 20:14

Git Extensions - but I only use Git on home projects.

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Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Jacquers23-Jul-20 20:18

Jacquers

23-Jul-20 20:18

Visual Studio Code's Git Lens is useful as well.

Re: Your preferred Git UI (if any)?

Mark Jerzykowski23-Jul-20 21:21

Mark Jerzykowski

23-Jul-20 21:21

I have used many a git client but for the last year have been using fork Fork - a fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows[^]. You have to pay for it these days but it’s well worth it in my opinion.

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