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New SourceTree is here

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Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by notnarb »

niuzeta wrote: post #8

I don't mind SourceTree; it's a great tool to visualize git tree that scratches some itches that gitk doesn't quite. Tree visualization of multiple branches and seamless integration with github/bitbucket are the reason I keep it on my Windows machine. Granted, most of actual git activities are better done via command line, except for chunk editing. Just one chagrin I have with sourcetree is the lack of linux integrat…

> scratches some itches that gitk doesn't quite. Tree visualization of multiple branches...

Just a quick PSA that gitk does support multiple branch tree visualization when started with the 'all' flag i.e 'gitk --all'.

This roughly mirrors the CLI's 'git log --graph --all'.

(not to say that either of these commands have a better UI/UX than SourceTree)

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by davidjgraph »

The recent SourceTree release was dire, aside from the UI changes, it was just broken in too many places. This happens, but what really got my goat was the original tweet in this thread, https://twitter.com/cody_watkins/status/700023288085372928.

It wasn't a beta version, it was a main release and the quality was too poor for them to admit it. This is just sleazy PR.

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by pixard »

davidjgraph wrote: post #22

The recent SourceTree release was dire, aside from the UI changes, it was just broken in too many places. This happens, but what really got my goat was the original tweet in this thread, https://twitter.com/cody_watkins/status/700023288085372928 . It wasn't a beta version, it was a main release and the quality was too poor for them to admit it. This is just sleazy PR.

Wow, that's terrible. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by julianz »

xenadu02 wrote: post #3
tempestn wrote: post #2

Wow, people generally dislike change, but the level of negativity in the comments there suggests that these changes really are bad.

Not really. I use it; works OK. The "new" app is just a new skin as far as I can tell.

Not true, it's riddled with bugs. Here's just the ones I've noticed today:

- Install and start it on Windows 10 and the initial Atlassian login screen doesn't work (it pops a browser window over the top that doesn't go anywhere). It eventually works after 3 or 4 tries.

- Upgrade from an older version on a machine where some of the repos in the left hand pane have been removed and it crashes instantly on first run with null reference exceptions.

- Space as a shortcut to add a file to staging is gone.

- Right click on the menu heading "Branches" in the middle panel and it will let you try to check out a branch named "Branches"

- If you had the setting on to show full console output (I like to see the output of the post-receive hook) it now shows the dialog for every file you add to staging.

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by j_lev »

manyxcxi wrote: post #6
tempestn wrote: post #2

Wow, people generally dislike change, but the level of negativity in the comments there suggests that these changes really are bad.

Yeah, it got bad shockingly fast. Question though: does anyone really use SourceTree? I've tried using it like 5 different times and it's just so convoluted. It's very ugly, non-intuitive, and doesn't have a lot of features that people use with Git. On Windows I usually grab Tortoise, and on Mac I use Tower. Tower has some limitations and it gets crashy every now and then, but geez they make using a UI worth it. I ge…

I use SourceTree for a couple of my projects, but thanks for the heads up on Tortoise.

I'm not a power user, I think I just needed something free with a private repository.

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by rcarmo »

Sad about this - just had two long-time friends complain bitterly about it - one moved to Github Desktop, the other downgraded. Used to use it myself on one machine until I started using VS Code (which has a simple and effective Git workflow).

Re: New SourceTree is here

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Post by wmt »

On Windows version big repositories are now noticeably faster than with the old version, which makes this feel like an improvement despite its glaring flaws, like the hassle for the mandatory registration with a bogus mailinator email-address, or the brand new UI bugs.
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