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We wanted to switch to Git from Mercurial because we wanted something like Gitlab. The only reason we didn't was that there wasn't any app for Git which was as

We wanted to switch to Git from Mercurial because we wanted something like Gitlab. The only reason we didn't was that there wasn't any app for Git which was as user-friendly as TortoiseHg.

sk5t 10y ago
Tower is quite nice, in late beta for Windows.
- egeozcan 10y ago
  This looks even cleaner than TortoiseHg and that's an achievement! Thank you. I guess it wasn't available when we first looked.
efraim 10y ago
Have a look at Gitkraken - https://www.gitkraken.com/features https://www.gitkraken.com/features
WayneBro 10y ago
There is TortoiseGit!
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
  Which pales in comparison to the multi-platform goodness of TortoiseHg since it is an independent creation designed from the ground up for the distributed workflow rather than a reworked TortoiseSVN. I wish someone would do a Git conversion of THG.
  - WayneBro 10y ago
    Besides not being cross platform, how does it pale in comparison? I've been using it for over five years and I can't imagine what it could possibly be missing...
- Too 10y ago
  Tortoisegit is horrible compared to tortoisehg. I dont even understand why they share the same name, it's a totally different program.
neandrake 10y ago
We considered switching to Git as well for a similar reason (GitLab). However we discovered Phabricator provides similar toolset at GitLab and also supports Mercurial. It's open source - you can run a local instance (no cost but also no support) or pay for them to host. They also recently started a free plan where they will host an instance with up to 5 users. https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/ https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/ We've been using it for 2+ years at this point and glad we stuck with Mercurial.
- joatmon-snoo 10y ago
  Wow. I have to say, there's a certain irony in that GitLab uses Hg and not Git...
  - daxelrod 10y ago
    I think you may have misread the parent. GitLab uses git http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/
rawfan 10y ago
Here are three suggestions: 1. Check out Gogs (Github clone written in Go). Gitlab is quite heavy, we would've needed an extra machine to run it, so we tried Gogs and absolutely love it. 2. Using the command line is actually quite helpful the get in the "git mindset" (and workflow). Give it a try and you won't want to go back to gui tools. 3. Assuming you are on Windows, check out Github Desktop and Tower.
zo1 10y ago
I highly recommend you give SmartGit a try. The best way I can describe it is it feels like an IDE for Git/Mercurial. In a similar vein to TortoiseHG. Unfortunately, it's paid software, but one of the few pieces of paid software that I'll ever recommend.
locusm 10y ago
I found SourceTree to be excellent on Windows. Use it on OSX & Windows 10 here.
- Too 10y ago
  Have they fixed their exrreme performance issues yet? For years the product was completely unusable because simple operations like marking a file would take 10secs while maxing out your CPU. Google for it and you will find many threads on their forum, all with various hacks and solutions that some times work and some times doesn't, the problems seem to be machine dependent so some people get the problems while others dont and they can easily ignore fixing the issues permanently. I haven't bothered to try any updates for the past year since I lost faith in them. A shame, because otherwise the product looks good and has a good workflow.

We wanted to switch to Git from Mercurial because we wanted something like Gitlab. The only reason we didn't was that there wasn't any app for Git which was as user-friendly as TortoiseHg.

sk5t 10y ago

Tower is quite nice, in late beta for Windows.

egeozcan 10y ago
This looks even cleaner than TortoiseHg and that's an achievement! Thank you. I guess it wasn't available when we first looked.

efraim 10y ago

Have a look at Gitkraken - https://www.gitkraken.com/features https://www.gitkraken.com/features

WayneBro 10y ago

There is TortoiseGit!

kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
Which pales in comparison to the multi-platform goodness of TortoiseHg since it is an independent creation designed from the ground up for the distributed workflow rather than a reworked TortoiseSVN. I wish someone would do a Git conversion of THG.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  Besides not being cross platform, how does it pale in comparison? I've been using it for over five years and I can't imagine what it could possibly be missing...
Too 10y ago
Tortoisegit is horrible compared to tortoisehg. I dont even understand why they share the same name, it's a totally different program.

neandrake 10y ago

We considered switching to Git as well for a similar reason (GitLab). However we discovered Phabricator provides similar toolset at GitLab and also supports Mercurial. It's open source - you can run a local instance (no cost but also no support) or pay for them to host. They also recently started a free plan where they will host an instance with up to 5 users. https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/ https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/ We've been using it for 2+ years at this point and glad we stuck with Mercurial.

joatmon-snoo 10y ago
Wow. I have to say, there's a certain irony in that GitLab uses Hg and not Git...
- daxelrod 10y ago
  I think you may have misread the parent. GitLab uses git http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/

rawfan 10y ago

Here are three suggestions: 1. Check out Gogs (Github clone written in Go). Gitlab is quite heavy, we would've needed an extra machine to run it, so we tried Gogs and absolutely love it. 2. Using the command line is actually quite helpful the get in the "git mindset" (and workflow). Give it a try and you won't want to go back to gui tools. 3. Assuming you are on Windows, check out Github Desktop and Tower.

zo1 10y ago

I highly recommend you give SmartGit a try. The best way I can describe it is it feels like an IDE for Git/Mercurial. In a similar vein to TortoiseHG. Unfortunately, it's paid software, but one of the few pieces of paid software that I'll ever recommend.

locusm 10y ago

I found SourceTree to be excellent on Windows. Use it on OSX & Windows 10 here.

Too 10y ago
Have they fixed their exrreme performance issues yet? For years the product was completely unusable because simple operations like marking a file would take 10secs while maxing out your CPU. Google for it and you will find many threads on their forum, all with various hacks and solutions that some times work and some times doesn't, the problems seem to be machine dependent so some people get the problems while others dont and they can easily ignore fixing the issues permanently. I haven't bothered to try any updates for the past year since I lost faith in them. A shame, because otherwise the product looks good and has a good workflow.