Gitbox for Pc

An excellent application that hides the complexity of git if all you want to do is maintain 1 or 2 branches and track history. Submodule handling is great and stays out of your way. The integrated search across commits works well for finding based on anything (file, author, commit test). The application breaks down when dealing with larger branching models or handling merges. Unlike other tools (SourceTree or Tower) there is no way of launching your mergetool on conflicts or even really viewing conflicts. This forces youd own the command line. Also, while the push/pull/merge UI concept is interesting, it makes it difficult to visual inspect the relationship between a set of branches. It also seems to unnecessarily set tracking branches. The right hand panel is also somewhat limiting. Elipsises happen from the right making it virtually useless for dealing with deep source hierarchies and there is no way of viewing just the actual diff text inline without launching the diff tool. In summary, if you want something simple for handling 1 or 2 branches this is the way to go. If not, look at other options.

My git needs are pretty simple. I create git repositories for each project I work on, save versions as I go, use Dropbox to sync my various computers, and sometimes have to climb back into a previously saved version of something to rescue some data or compare some files. I don't use collaboration tools and I don't do anything with branches. For these simple needs, this app is perfect. I'm not a command line junkie, and I never could make sense of git on the command line. I've tried various GUI apps to help me use git, and this app has been hands-down the most intuitive and simplest to use. Yay, I don't have to stop being productive while I sink into a git learning curve. I can just use this app and move on. Drag a folder onto the this app window and it gets converted into a git repo. Stage all files (it's a one-click process in this app, just right-click on the list of files and choose Stage All). Press the Commit button and there you go. I couldn't be happier with it.

I rated this five stars based on how I use it: as a supplement to the command line. If you are looking for a do-it-all git program that possibly saves you from understanding what you are doing, this program is probably not it. If you are able to do git work on the command line but would like a to supplement some tasks with a GUI, this app is great. I use it for watching my staging area and for committing. The GUI makes it easy to see what’s staged and what isn’t, and more importantly, lets me launch FileDiff on each file with a double-click so that before I commit I can give each file that last once-over to be sure I haven’t left in any stray debug calls or TODO comments. I can easily run backwards in history and do the same for previous commits, and I find it just faster and smoother for this sort of thing than the command line or viewing on GitHub. It can do much more than this, and I sometimes use those other features, but the main reason I value and recommend this app is that it’s such a great tool for reviewing staged or committed changes. In comparison with the open-source GitX I prefer this app for the tasks I mentioned above. It’s straightforward, lightweight, stays out of my way, and doesn’t go into weird resource-consumption spasms like GitX sometimes does. I tend to reserve GitX for those times when I really need its branch-visualization capabilities, which this app does not match.

this app is the cleanest, most straightforward Mac client for git that I've found. I love the metaphor of treating commits like email messages: you see new commits as they're pushed, marked just like an unread email, and can see what changes they contain before you pull them (marking them "read"). Pulling, pushing, and (especially) merging are all dead simple: local branch on the left, remote branch on the right, and push/pull/merge buttons in the middle, with *arrows* that make it very clear which direction the changes are going in (whenever I use other git clients, I always find myself second-guessing what I'm about to do, afraid I'm going to merge branches in the opposite direction from what I intended or something. Not so with this app). Combined with undo (!), it's basically impossible to "mess up" – if you botch a merge, for instance, just hit command-Z and go right back to where you were. Oh, and the demo policy (available from the developer's site) is great: all features enabled with no time limits or anything, but only for a single repo. So you can try it out and get the full experience, and if you like it, then buy it to use for all of your projects. That's exactly what I did. And for the price, it's an absolute steal!