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Does anyone here have suggestions for git GUI? I used SourceTree for a few years, but a while back they started adding a bunch of tracking scripts, which I'm un

Does anyone here have suggestions for git GUI? I used SourceTree for a few years, but a while back they started adding a bunch of tracking scripts, which I'm uncomfortable with. I can generally get by fine with the CLI, but whenever I need to do anything even slightly unfamiliar, I like being able to put on training wheels and have a GUI guide the way. I think git would benefit from a type of "training wheels" config, where no action is destructive or irreversible. I've had a few close calls where I almost lost some code due to a git screw-up. Luckily, my local Time Machine backups have always saved my ass.

garou 9y ago
My favorite: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg/ https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg/ or gitk...
ngrilly 9y ago
I use gitk a lot, available on all platforms. I also use GitX to edit my commits, on macOS. Some people look very satisfied by the git GUI built-in in VSCode.
gfody 9y ago
Smartgit is a very nice. http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/ http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/
- myth_drannon 9y ago
  Using it on Linux and is the best Git UI(not like we are spoiled by the amount of options on Ubuntu ...)
jhasse 9y ago
I'm using Visual Studio Code and gitg. The latter is only available for Linux and Windows though.
matmo 9y ago
Tracking scripts? Can you expand on that? Legitimately curious as a user of SourceTree.
whitepoplar 9y ago
Git Tower is the best-designed git GUI for Mac. It's wonderful.
- nicoburns 9y ago
  +1 for Tower (there's also a windows version). It's the only git GUI that has made me consider switching from the CLI interface.
- ethomson 9y ago
  Not just for Mac, there's a Git Tower for Windows as well.
Grue3 9y ago
magit. Worth installing emacs just for that.
- zer0defex 9y ago
  Agreed!
- naiveattack 9y ago
  +1 this Does more than putting buttons on existing commands Improves discoverability of interesting combinations of commands and option flags to make higher order commands
- sympodius 9y ago
  +1
- ThbTs4wbXC9Qjv 9y ago
  agreed!
latortuga 9y ago
git gui gitk --all Those are my two go-tos.
petepete 9y ago
I know it's not a GUI (you'd class it as a TUI, I guess), but Tig is fantastic. I use it in combination with the command line, mainly for quickly viewing recent commits, diffs and staging hunks. https://github.com/jonas/tig https://github.com/jonas/tig
- bostonvaulter2 9y ago
  I love using tig, but never knew that it had the ability to stage files. Will definitely check that out. Thanks for the heads up!
  - petepete 9y ago
    Yep, just press 'u' when looking at staged/unstaged diffs
iaml 9y ago
I use gitkraken, it's multiplatform, freemium and has a pretty nice interface.
johnhenry 9y ago
Atom recently added git support: http://blog.atom.io/2017/05/16/git-and-github-integration-comes-to-atom.html http://blog.atom.io/2017/05/16/git-and-github-integration-co.... It works well for me and I use it as more a supplement to the CLI rather than a replacement, so it might work for you.
RandoSTDev 9y ago
SourceTree doesn't track use/interaction information unless the setting is enabled. You can disable it via the "Help improve SourceTree by sending data about your usage" in the "General" tab in the options screen. If enabled, you can read about the exact data we send here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-analytics-what-s-recorded-429916686.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-ana...
alexeiz 9y ago
> Luckily, my local Time Machine backups have always saved my ass. So you do backups for something that already functions like a backup system. That's fascinating. Did you know that Git does not lose anything? You might find 'git reflog' useful if you happen to screw up frequently.
- pletnes 9y ago
  When git garbage collection runs, I do believe it collects dangling commits. Doing a "git branch backup" before doing something stupid gives you a more convenient "undo". Alternatively, just git clone to a new directory before attempting some insane rebase operation.
konradb 9y ago
There's quite an interesting GUI for the mac called 'GitUp' which draws a diagram of the structure of the repository (commits, branches) etc, and provides options to modify the repository. Good for helping to understand the structure of the repository.
pletnes 9y ago
The CLI/curses option "tig" can be handy once a year or so.
majewsky 9y ago
I mostly use the CLI, but as a history browser, I like QGit very much (tip: invoke as "qgit --all"). Also, I sometimes use "git gui" to split messy diffs into separate commits.
l33tsp3ak 9y ago
GitEye is a good Git GUI (Eclipse like). You can keep track of all your commits in different branches, you can commit, etc. and it has i.a. a GitHub intigration.
MikeTheGreat 9y ago
Elegit is a GUI designed to make it easier for people (students, normally) to learn how git works. The idea being that you'd start off with Elegit, figure out what the common commands are actually doing, then switch to the command line. http://elegit.org/ http://elegit.org/
- yebyen 9y ago
  I'd love it if there were some screenshots on the website. I wonder if it's related to http://www.git-legit.org/ http://www.git-legit.org/
jbergstroem 9y ago
Check fork out. I use it for quick overviews [MacOS only]: https://git-fork.com https://git-fork.com
DiThi 9y ago
After trying many, my favourite is Git Extensions [0] (despite the name it's also a stand alone application) for Windows and Linux [1] [0] https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions [1] https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki/Git-Extensions-on-Linux https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki/Git-Exte... (2.49, although I just tried 2.50.01 and it seems to work too) edit: Linux version is a little bit glitchy with UI texts, when pushing to a repository that have commits ahead, the two invisible options are "pull with rebase" and "pull with merge" respectively.
neves 9y ago
I've been comparing a couple of Git Guis lately. Till now, the best one I've found is GitExtensions https://gitextensions.github.io/ https://gitextensions.github.io/ The gui widgets look a little antiquated, but its greatest feature is that it helps you to "do the right thing". It is not just a bunch of features, they have well thought interactions. When something fails, it guides you to correct the problem. It is quick, opensource, multiplaform, doesn't force you to have an account with online services, comes with the great Kdiff3 and integrates well with online tools and Windows Explorer.
pkamb 9y ago
I like SourceTree, and use it full time, but man does it have some annoying limitations. Like selecting a number of branches from the sidebar and deleting all of them. Something where a GUI should clearly be superior. But SourceTree doesn't allow you to do it. Or customizable Toolbar buttons to launch scripts and automate tasks. I'd love to see an opinionated git GUI that doesn't aim to replicate all the features of the command line, but instead focuses on streamlining the daily work of a software developer working on features and bugs.

garou 9y ago

My favorite: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg/ https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg/ or gitk...

ngrilly 9y ago

I use gitk a lot, available on all platforms. I also use GitX to edit my commits, on macOS. Some people look very satisfied by the git GUI built-in in VSCode.

gfody 9y ago

Smartgit is a very nice. http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/ http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/

myth_drannon 9y ago
Using it on Linux and is the best Git UI(not like we are spoiled by the amount of options on Ubuntu ...)

jhasse 9y ago

I'm using Visual Studio Code and gitg. The latter is only available for Linux and Windows though.

matmo 9y ago

Tracking scripts? Can you expand on that? Legitimately curious as a user of SourceTree.

whitepoplar 9y ago

Git Tower is the best-designed git GUI for Mac. It's wonderful.

nicoburns 9y ago
+1 for Tower (there's also a windows version). It's the only git GUI that has made me consider switching from the CLI interface.
ethomson 9y ago
Not just for Mac, there's a Git Tower for Windows as well.

Grue3 9y ago

magit. Worth installing emacs just for that.

zer0defex 9y ago
Agreed!
naiveattack 9y ago
+1 this Does more than putting buttons on existing commands Improves discoverability of interesting combinations of commands and option flags to make higher order commands
sympodius 9y ago
+1
ThbTs4wbXC9Qjv 9y ago
agreed!

latortuga 9y ago

git gui gitk --all Those are my two go-tos.

petepete 9y ago

I know it's not a GUI (you'd class it as a TUI, I guess), but Tig is fantastic. I use it in combination with the command line, mainly for quickly viewing recent commits, diffs and staging hunks. https://github.com/jonas/tig https://github.com/jonas/tig

bostonvaulter2 9y ago
I love using tig, but never knew that it had the ability to stage files. Will definitely check that out. Thanks for the heads up!
- petepete 9y ago
  Yep, just press 'u' when looking at staged/unstaged diffs

iaml 9y ago

I use gitkraken, it's multiplatform, freemium and has a pretty nice interface.

johnhenry 9y ago

Atom recently added git support: http://blog.atom.io/2017/05/16/git-and-github-integration-comes-to-atom.html http://blog.atom.io/2017/05/16/git-and-github-integration-co.... It works well for me and I use it as more a supplement to the CLI rather than a replacement, so it might work for you.

RandoSTDev 9y ago

SourceTree doesn't track use/interaction information unless the setting is enabled. You can disable it via the "Help improve SourceTree by sending data about your usage" in the "General" tab in the options screen. If enabled, you can read about the exact data we send here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-analytics-what-s-recorded-429916686.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-ana...

alexeiz 9y ago

> Luckily, my local Time Machine backups have always saved my ass. So you do backups for something that already functions like a backup system. That's fascinating. Did you know that Git does not lose anything? You might find 'git reflog' useful if you happen to screw up frequently.

pletnes 9y ago
When git garbage collection runs, I do believe it collects dangling commits. Doing a "git branch backup" before doing something stupid gives you a more convenient "undo". Alternatively, just git clone to a new directory before attempting some insane rebase operation.

konradb 9y ago

There's quite an interesting GUI for the mac called 'GitUp' which draws a diagram of the structure of the repository (commits, branches) etc, and provides options to modify the repository. Good for helping to understand the structure of the repository.

pletnes 9y ago

The CLI/curses option "tig" can be handy once a year or so.

majewsky 9y ago

I mostly use the CLI, but as a history browser, I like QGit very much (tip: invoke as "qgit --all"). Also, I sometimes use "git gui" to split messy diffs into separate commits.

l33tsp3ak 9y ago

GitEye is a good Git GUI (Eclipse like). You can keep track of all your commits in different branches, you can commit, etc. and it has i.a. a GitHub intigration.

MikeTheGreat 9y ago

Elegit is a GUI designed to make it easier for people (students, normally) to learn how git works. The idea being that you'd start off with Elegit, figure out what the common commands are actually doing, then switch to the command line. http://elegit.org/ http://elegit.org/

yebyen 9y ago
I'd love it if there were some screenshots on the website. I wonder if it's related to http://www.git-legit.org/ http://www.git-legit.org/

jbergstroem 9y ago

Check fork out. I use it for quick overviews [MacOS only]: https://git-fork.com https://git-fork.com

DiThi 9y ago

After trying many, my favourite is Git Extensions [0] (despite the name it's also a stand alone application) for Windows and Linux [1] [0] https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions [1] https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki/Git-Extensions-on-Linux https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki/Git-Exte... (2.49, although I just tried 2.50.01 and it seems to work too) edit: Linux version is a little bit glitchy with UI texts, when pushing to a repository that have commits ahead, the two invisible options are "pull with rebase" and "pull with merge" respectively.

neves 9y ago

I've been comparing a couple of Git Guis lately. Till now, the best one I've found is GitExtensions https://gitextensions.github.io/ https://gitextensions.github.io/ The gui widgets look a little antiquated, but its greatest feature is that it helps you to "do the right thing". It is not just a bunch of features, they have well thought interactions. When something fails, it guides you to correct the problem. It is quick, opensource, multiplaform, doesn't force you to have an account with online services, comes with the great Kdiff3 and integrates well with online tools and Windows Explorer.

pkamb 9y ago

I like SourceTree, and use it full time, but man does it have some annoying limitations. Like selecting a number of branches from the sidebar and deleting all of them. Something where a GUI should clearly be superior. But SourceTree doesn't allow you to do it. Or customizable Toolbar buttons to launch scripts and automate tasks. I'd love to see an opinionated git GUI that doesn't aim to replicate all the features of the command line, but instead focuses on streamlining the daily work of a software developer working on features and bugs.