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GitKraken: git GUI Client for Windows Mac and Linux

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

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Post by matt4077 »

alpb wrote: post #42

The applicatino asks you to register with my email address for further "communications related to GitKraken or Axosoft". There is no way to skip this step, you have to provide an email address ––and pay attention to "OR"... No thanks, buddy. First thing I tried is dropping a git repo folder to the window, didn't work. When I click the open button I can see the Javascript animation glitching on my 'Early 2015 i5 2.7 G…

You can click on the files in the right-hand pane to get the diff. Right-click for more options.

I've been using the beta(!) for a few weeks and I think it's a promising product. I also don't think software should be completely disqualified for not being open-source (, buddy).

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

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Post by matt4077 »

suneilp wrote: post #57

I'd like to see it honor the settings defined in ~/.ssh/config . Currently you can only choose one key in the settings which doesn't work so well if you have both github and bitbucket repos to manage let alone repos from 2 github and 1 bitbucket accounts.

You can configure different keys for generic/github/bitbucket. Only one each, but I think the default github workflow is to have a single user account that belongs to different organizations.

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

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Post by Zombieball »

matt4077 wrote: post #61
alpb wrote: post #42

The applicatino asks you to register with my email address for further "communications related to GitKraken or Axosoft". There is no way to skip this step, you have to provide an email address ––and pay attention to "OR"... No thanks, buddy. First thing I tried is dropping a git repo folder to the window, didn't work. When I click the open button I can see the Javascript animation glitching on my 'Early 2015 i5 2.7 G…

You can click on the files in the right-hand pane to get the diff. Right-click for more options. I've been using the beta(!) for a few weeks and I think it's a promising product. I also don't think software should be completely disqualified for not being open-source (, buddy).

Thanks for pointing this out, I also couldn't figure out how to see a diff.

I am not a fan of this layout. It makes it a bit difficult to get a feel for what the changes were in a quick glance.

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

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Post by andrei_says_ »

alpb wrote: post #42

The applicatino asks you to register with my email address for further "communications related to GitKraken or Axosoft". There is no way to skip this step, you have to provide an email address ––and pay attention to "OR"... No thanks, buddy. First thing I tried is dropping a git repo folder to the window, didn't work. When I click the open button I can see the Javascript animation glitching on my 'Early 2015 i5 2.7 G…

If you're on OS X I recommend gitup. Very fast and clean. Although if I remember correctly, it does ask for an email address.

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

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Post by ex3ndr »

millstone wrote: post #18

This is an Electron app, meaning it does not look, feel, or perform like a native Mac app. FYI in case that's important to you.

To be honest, html-based scroll lists are usually much faster than native one. Reason: Very obsolete UI framework for Mac.

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

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Post by millstone »

ex3ndr wrote: post #65
millstone wrote: post #18

This is an Electron app, meaning it does not look, feel, or perform like a native Mac app. FYI in case that's important to you.

To be honest, html-based scroll lists are usually much faster than native one. Reason: Very obsolete UI framework for Mac.

This is totally backwards. HTML has no good elements for long lists at all, leading to janky techniques like "infinite scroll." But NSTableView was designed from the start with very long lists in mind.

Try opening a large repo and scrolling a list of commits in GitKraken. You'll see large blank areas that get filled in after a few seconds. Now try it in, say, GitUp, which uses NSTableView: it is perfectly smooth.

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

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Post by smithkl42 »

I've played around with it for a bit, and will probably continue to do so - but my initial take on it is that it isn't very intuitive, especially compared to SourceTree. SourceTree has had some struggles lately with performance and bugs in their new 1.8.x version, but those aside, it does everything I need it to, and it was very intuitive to pick up. In contrast, the UI for GitKraken is just...odd.

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

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Post by jack9 »

shortstuffsushi wrote: post #49
bengotow wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 hate to be that guy, but you're paying $70 for that? What does that offer over, say SourceTree, Atlassian's free offering. From a quick glance, they look pretty similar to me.

> What does that offer over, say SourceTree, Atlassian's free offering.

An intuitive interface and a simpler layout. I like Tower better for the same reason I like to use a trackpad over a mouse. Day to day, the difference is obvious and positively impacts my performance.

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

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Post by nness »

shortstuffsushi wrote: post #49
bengotow wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 hate to be that guy, but you're paying $70 for that? What does that offer over, say SourceTree, Atlassian's free offering. From a quick glance, they look pretty similar to me.

They are very similar. Tower has less of git's features as well when compared to SourceTree. It is though much much faster and definitely more stable.
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