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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 microcolonel »

Vlaix wrote: post #76

Serious question, never used a git GUI in my life, is there a practical point to it ? I just can't see myself doing it without zsh, my nested .dotfiles, fasd and so on. And worst case scenario, I can always git them back.

I honestly have no idea why people would want to have to click buttons for this stuff.

The one exception in my case is 3-way merges. I handle those in Meld, which I find to be better suited than any of the integrated threesome tools in these git GUIs.

Even that I could probably do better in emacs if I set it up.

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

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Post by detaro »

Vlaix wrote: post #76

Serious question, never used a git GUI in my life, is there a practical point to it ? I just can't see myself doing it without zsh, my nested .dotfiles, fasd and so on. And worst case scenario, I can always git them back.

Not everybody is as comfortable in the CLI as you are. I prefer graphical git "tree" views over the CLI-drawn, but other than maybe that, no, it doesn't sound like there would be a point to it for you.

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

#83

Post by lallysingh »

__david__ wrote: post #54
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.

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?

I magit in emacs, combined with git gutter. It's a good way to see your commits as you edit code.

But lots is still done on the command line. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

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

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Post by vdfs »

microcolonel wrote: post #81
Vlaix wrote: post #76

Serious question, never used a git GUI in my life, is there a practical point to it ? I just can't see myself doing it without zsh, my nested .dotfiles, fasd and so on. And worst case scenario, I can always git them back.

I honestly have no idea why people would want to have to click buttons for this stuff. The one exception in my case is 3-way merges. I handle those in Meld, which I find to be better suited than any of the integrated threesome tools in these git GUIs. Even that I could probably do better in emacs if I set it up.

In my situation I use gitg to add changes by chunks or lines, I think that's much more faster than cli. But gitg is hard to compile on Ubuntu lts if you want newer versions, I wonder if there is a good alternative?

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

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Post by madeofpalk »

Vlaix wrote: post #76

Serious question, never used a git GUI in my life, is there a practical point to it ? I just can't see myself doing it without zsh, my nested .dotfiles, fasd and so on. And worst case scenario, I can always git them back.

I use command line for the majority of operations. For committing, especially when partially committing a file, I'll use the GitHub app.

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

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Post by twalling »

microcolonel wrote: post #80
shortstuffsushi wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Much like GitKraken, the site is completely unhelpful and doesn't have any screenshots. Why would I download, much less pay for, a piece of software which I haven't even seen?

There's a link to the screenshots at the bottom of the page.

http://www.gitkraken.com/screenshots

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

#87

Post by mapunk »

microcolonel wrote: post #80
shortstuffsushi wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Much like GitKraken, the site is completely unhelpful and doesn't have any screenshots. Why would I download, much less pay for, a piece of software which I haven't even seen?

What are you even talking about? Both sites have screenshots of their product...

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

#88

Post by vacri »

Vlaix wrote: post #76

Serious question, never used a git GUI in my life, is there a practical point to it ? I just can't see myself doing it without zsh, my nested .dotfiles, fasd and so on. And worst case scenario, I can always git them back.

The lead tech at one place I work at uses the commandline for his own commits, but a gui app (can't recall which one) for manipulating merges and pull requests, as it more reliably deals with issues in his experience.

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

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Post by mrmondo »

Nice, well done done on the UI, I have a few issues though.

1. I shouldn't need to sign up with your service, this also makes me distrust the product.

2. There is no Gitlab login option.

3. It looks to be written in Javascript and thus uses a lot of resources: http://imgur.com/a/uEH4U

So it's not /really/ a desktop app, it looks like it's just a chrome wrapper for some javascript?

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