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Git Tower v3 beta: interactive rebase, reflog, PRs, more

13 points by tnorthcutt 9y ago

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
I tried Git Tower for Windows when it first launched, it was pretty nice but didn't hit the mark for me to want to spend money on it. If they're going to make "hard" maneuvers like rebasing and cherry-picking easy to do in the UI though, it may be worth another look. GitHub hasn't given really any attempt to expose that sort of capability in their UIs, and as someone who doesn't Git enough to put the time into learning the command line... very interesting.
- tobidobi 9y ago
  Disclaimer: I'm part of the team behind Tower! Our goal with Tower is to make working with Git easier and more productive, for both Pros and Beginners. We're putting a lot of time and effort into design, workflows, and usability. Additionally, we're making a lot of Git's "power-features" more accessible: it's not enough to just "somehow provide" a feature like Interactive Rebase. It's only helpful when it's carefully designed and really useable... With the current Beta version (www.git-tower.com/public-beta-2018), I think we've made great progress to achieve these ambitious goals. However, of course: please see for yourself :-)
- tnorthcutt 9y ago
  Yep, the rebasing and reflog UIs are what has me trying this out. I've long been a CLI-only user (with the exception of sometimes using something like GitUp for getting a visual picture of the various branches in a repo). But I've always been hesitant about more advanced operations. Maybe Tower will make that less scary.
acemarke 9y ago
SourceTree's interactive rebase GUI has been one of the biggest things keeping me using it. I'd very briefly tried out Tower, but wasn't impressed. I may have to take another look at it. Any ETA on the rest of those "coming on Windows" features?
- tobidobi 9y ago
  Great to hear you're giving it another try! No ETAs, but the team is fully and exclusively focused on making Tower better every day (meaning: no other projects). We're working on Tower full steam!
iBelieve 9y ago
I've been a Git Tower user for a few years now. The company I work for has been moving from Assembla to GitLab, so I'm happy to see the GitLab pull requests feature and am excited to try it. Interactive rebasing looks great as well. Nice work, Tower team!
- pointnova 9y ago
  Thank you! Looking forward to your feedback.
moltar 9y ago
Ooo nice one. Once interactive rebase lands I’m switching from SourceTree.
- tobidobi 9y ago
  Interactive Rebase (as well as Pull Requests) is already implemented! I suggest you check it out while it's still in Public Beta (= free) --> www.git-tower.com/public-beta-2018
  - moltar 9y ago
    I did sign up, but there’s no way to download directly and need to wait for an invite. Still waiting...
EspadaV9 9y ago
It would be great to get a nice Git GUI client for Linux. Hope they can add Linux as a supported platform in the future.

13 points by tnorthcutt 9y ago

I tried Git Tower for Windows when it first launched, it was pretty nice but didn't hit the mark for me to want to spend money on it. If they're going to make "hard" maneuvers like rebasing and cherry-picking easy to do in the UI though, it may be worth another look. GitHub hasn't given really any attempt to expose that sort of capability in their UIs, and as someone who doesn't Git enough to put the time into learning the command line... very interesting.

tobidobi 9y ago
Disclaimer: I'm part of the team behind Tower! Our goal with Tower is to make working with Git easier and more productive, for both Pros and Beginners. We're putting a lot of time and effort into design, workflows, and usability. Additionally, we're making a lot of Git's "power-features" more accessible: it's not enough to just "somehow provide" a feature like Interactive Rebase. It's only helpful when it's carefully designed and really useable... With the current Beta version (www.git-tower.com/public-beta-2018), I think we've made great progress to achieve these ambitious goals. However, of course: please see for yourself :-)
tnorthcutt 9y ago
Yep, the rebasing and reflog UIs are what has me trying this out. I've long been a CLI-only user (with the exception of sometimes using something like GitUp for getting a visual picture of the various branches in a repo). But I've always been hesitant about more advanced operations. Maybe Tower will make that less scary.

acemarke 9y ago

SourceTree's interactive rebase GUI has been one of the biggest things keeping me using it. I'd very briefly tried out Tower, but wasn't impressed. I may have to take another look at it. Any ETA on the rest of those "coming on Windows" features?

tobidobi 9y ago
Great to hear you're giving it another try! No ETAs, but the team is fully and exclusively focused on making Tower better every day (meaning: no other projects). We're working on Tower full steam!

iBelieve 9y ago

I've been a Git Tower user for a few years now. The company I work for has been moving from Assembla to GitLab, so I'm happy to see the GitLab pull requests feature and am excited to try it. Interactive rebasing looks great as well. Nice work, Tower team!

pointnova 9y ago
Thank you! Looking forward to your feedback.

moltar 9y ago

Ooo nice one. Once interactive rebase lands I’m switching from SourceTree.

tobidobi 9y ago
Interactive Rebase (as well as Pull Requests) is already implemented! I suggest you check it out while it's still in Public Beta (= free) --> www.git-tower.com/public-beta-2018
- moltar 9y ago
  I did sign up, but there’s no way to download directly and need to wait for an invite. Still waiting...

EspadaV9 9y ago

It would be great to get a nice Git GUI client for Linux. Hope they can add Linux as a supported platform in the future.