I've only used Sourcetree briefly, a couple years back when I was deciding between GUI frontends to Git. I compared Tower, Sourcetree, Github Desktop, and maybe

I've only used Sourcetree briefly, a couple years back when I was deciding between GUI frontends to Git. I compared Tower, Sourcetree, Github Desktop, and maybe one or two others. Tower was the clear winner then and Tower 2 has only improved on it. I was, and in many ways still am, a Git novice. Like many, I only did the basic commands in order to work with my team. But Tower has helped me become a (somewhat) better branch strategist, in some cases even enabling me to recommend to my more senior colleagues ways to fix problems with branches. The reason I have been able to more meaningfully contribute is because Tower, like many GUIs, makes things discoverable. So while the command-line equivalents are hidden from view, the sequence and logic of working with different branches is exposed by the spatial metaphors that inhere in the GUI. As a final plug, the Tree view that Tower provides continues to help me gain insight about how my work and the work of my colleagues integrates into our product's main branch. I'm not associated with Tower except as a very satisfied user. It's not perfect, and there are some things I wish it did better. But the product is under active development and the product is rock solid.