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Ask HN: Git Novice Tools for Windows?

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Ask HN: Git Novice Tools for Windows?

#1
I'd like to bring the marvels of source control management to a group of non-developers who are using Dropbox to share scripts, but Git can be confusing even if I give them the basics. Is there any kind of tool that can help non-developers follow a single workflow, and not panic as they get a merge-commit? I'm thinking nothing more complex than a pull-merge-push, no branches.

I do feel SourceTree is a tad overkill here.

Re: Ask HN: Git Novice Tools for Windows?

#2
Sourcetree is scary, but the Git Flow feature makes it really easy for beginners to do things properly (for a subjective value of properly). So long as there's an experienced dev onhand somewhere to help if things get weird it's amazing. I'd also recommend replacing the diff/merge tool with something better like the appropriately named DiffMerge.