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Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

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Not open source: http://www.gitkraken.com/faq

Yet you can extract the embedded app.asar and get the source code if you so please. There may be native libraries that are closed source. This is another Electron app after all.

That's almost certainly not the point being made. Building a workflow around non-free development tools means that eventually you're going to find support for your favored tool evaporating.

Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

#54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. I don't know when this happened, but that's become a deal breaker for me. Strange, right? Edit to add: It's particularly strange because I wouldn't depend on this tool in some infrastructural way -- I could switch clients anytime without any lock in. But I'm no longer willing to even try anymore. Odd.

I don't think this is a dealbreaker for 99% of people. I currently use Tower ( https://www.git-tower.com/ ), a closed-source Mac Git client that costs $70. It's beautiful, it speeds up my work day to day, and it's been worth every cent. Open source is great and I spend my days building an open-source mail client, but I have no problem paying for great tools.

As a long time git command line user, I've played with different GUI clients, but I don't see where it would speed me up (and in fact, they seem to just slow me down). What about it helps you in your day to day coding? Do you interact with git exclusively through a GUI, or do you use some mix of command line and GUI?

Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

#55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. I don't know when this happened, but that's become a deal breaker for me. Strange, right? Edit to add: It's particularly strange because I wouldn't depend on this tool in some infrastructural way -- I could switch clients anytime without any lock in. But I'm no longer willing to even try anymore. Odd.

I don't think this is a dealbreaker for 99% of people. I currently use Tower ( https://www.git-tower.com/ ), a closed-source Mac Git client that costs $70. It's beautiful, it speeds up my work day to day, and it's been worth every cent. Open source is great and I spend my days building an open-source mail client, but I have no problem paying for great tools.

"I refuse to be bound by software I cannot negotiate with".

You're more than welcome to donate to Free software projects developing those tools and ask for a feature.

Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

#56

Title seems a bit misleading. From the FAQ: Does GitKraken support GitHub Enterprise/Bitbucket Server? GitKraken currently does not support these services but support is planned for a future release. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that GitKraken supports one or more specific git based services that aren't GitHub Enterprise or Bitbucket, both of which use git. I'm assuming that the service it does support…

Not sure how the title is misleading. It supports any git remote, but it has a few extra features (GH-style pull requests for example) that aren't really a part of Git. Those features are only possible on a GitHub or Bitbucket server, not just any git remote, but it currently only supports using them on the main public GitHub/Bitbucket servers.

Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. I don't know when this happened, but that's become a deal breaker for me. Strange, right? Edit to add: It's particularly strange because I wouldn't depend on this tool in some infrastructural way -- I could switch clients anytime without any lock in. But I'm no longer willing to even try anymore. Odd.

I don't think this is a dealbreaker for 99% of people. I currently use Tower ( https://www.git-tower.com/ ), a closed-source Mac Git client that costs $70. It's beautiful, it speeds up my work day to day, and it's been worth every cent. Open source is great and I spend my days building an open-source mail client, but I have no problem paying for great tools.

How is rebasing? Can you merge/split/reorder commits easily?

Re: GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

#60
post #46

Love the interface, dark theme and super intuitive. Could use syntax highlighting in diffs, though. It will need that feature to convince me to pay money, later. One weird thing: it'd be great to have the option to show a name, instead of a shrunken avatar in the commit log, perhaps configure how this is shown, so I can choose the format of the name and if I want to see an avatar or not... I may be the only one, but…

Not sure when they plan on releasing 1.0 but it's going to be free

https://twitter.com/GitKraken/status/692866148199591936

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