Here is a UI/UX comparison of 1.x vs. 2.x:
https://blog.sourcetreeapp.com/2017/01/27/sourcetree-for-win...
SourceTree for Windows 2.0
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Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#22the nicest, and comprehensively cross-platform client I have seen is Smartgit ( http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/ ). Its linux client works brilliantly! Interestingly, it comes with integrations with bitbucket, github, etc to resolve pull requests and review comments.
GitKraken
Notes: non-free for commercial use and, most importantly, an Electron app.
I don't care about any of those currently, though.
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#23Was really disappointed in the UI direction they took in 1.8+, but fortunately they seem to have backtracked a bit (icons now actually have labels and a bit of color again, etc). Giving this a shot and we'll see how I feel in a few days.
Hrm, I'm the opposite - I like icons to have clear, simple shapes. But I like this too.
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#24The last several times I tried to update Sourcetree, it got significantly worse, with features and functionality being silently removed or broken left and right. Every UI 'improvement' they made felt backwards to me. Simple quality of life things like being able to drag files between the staged/unstaged area just stopped working. Then, trying to guess/figure out the correct previous version you were running that had…
This looks promising: https://www.gitkraken.com/
Alas they've been promising rebase support for a couple of years now. Would love to try it when they do.
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#25How good is this compared to the relatively new Tower Git client for Windows? SourceTree for Windows should be a little more mature but the recent versions felt like a step backwards.
I briefly tried Tower for Windows a month or so as an alternative for SourceTree. The UI is nicer, but I found that it kept crashing on me.
It's been stable for me but I think it's probably too minimal, I will probably go back to SmartGit.
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#26The last several times I tried to update Sourcetree, it got significantly worse, with features and functionality being silently removed or broken left and right. Every UI 'improvement' they made felt backwards to me. Simple quality of life things like being able to drag files between the staged/unstaged area just stopped working. Then, trying to guess/figure out the correct previous version you were running that had…
This looks promising: https://www.gitkraken.com/
I gave that a try. It looked neat, but nothing really amazing enough to shell out money when all I really need is tig and the shell.
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#27By the way, did you get the 2.0 update in the old 1.9 version? I didn't :/
Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#28Re: SourceTree for Windows 2.0
#29By the way, did you get the 2.0 update in the old 1.9 version? I didn't :/
Using SourceTree 1.9 or earlier? We implemented a change in the way we roll out updates (announced here) late last year, so if you’re using SourceTree for Windows 1.9 or earlier you will not see auto updates for 2.0. Please download 2.0 directly from our website instead.