GitHub for Mac

#1

Post by kneath » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 4:59 PM UTC

Re: GitHub for Mac

#2

Post by barredo » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:03 PM UTC

This is a huge deal. The app looks amazing. I used Tower for a bit but didn't cut it for me. I was planning to ditch Github for Codebase tonight but I'll reconsider after this

Re: GitHub for Mac

#3

Post by glhaynes » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

Looks nice. For someone who has some decent familiarity with version control but none with git specifically: does anybody have any opinion on whether this would be a good way to pick up git for use with Xcode? Version control has always struck me as lending itself well to visual tools so I'm always kind of surprised how poor they usually tend to be.

Re: GitHub for Mac

#4

Post by tptacek » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

Does this work on Github:FI?

(Related question: does the API work on Github:FI? It doesn't seem to, but I may be dumb.)

Re: GitHub for Mac

#5

Post by tednaleid » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

How does this compare to Tower? It's not obvious from the website, but I'm guessing is less fully featured. Anyone with experience with both who can comment?

Re: GitHub for Mac

#6

Post by holman » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:06 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #4

Does this work on Github:FI? (Related question: does the API work on Github:FI? It doesn't seem to, but I may be dumb.)

We're prepping for a major FI release- expect full GitHub for Mac support at that time. (And yes, FI ships with the full API as well.)

Re: GitHub for Mac

#7

Post by rcfox » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:06 PM UTC

barredo wrote: post #2

This is a huge deal. The app looks amazing. I used Tower for a bit but didn't cut it for me. I was planning to ditch Github for Codebase tonight but I'll reconsider after this

Why is it a huge deal? It's just a desktop version of their web app. Or am I missing something?

Re: GitHub for Mac

#8

Post by farnsworth » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:08 PM UTC

glhaynes wrote: post #3

Looks nice. For someone who has some decent familiarity with version control but none with git specifically: does anybody have any opinion on whether this would be a good way to pick up git for use with Xcode? Version control has always struck me as lending itself well to visual tools so I'm always kind of surprised how poor they usually tend to be.

I believe XCode has git support built in. You don't have to use it, though.

Re: GitHub for Mac

#9

Post by macrael » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:09 PM UTC

It seems clear that GitHub's goal is to make git useable. I'm super excited about everything they can do in that direction. Git's underlying model is fantastic, but it's UI is lacking. Bravo GitHub.

Re: GitHub for Mac

#10

Post by dabeeeenster » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 5:09 PM UTC

It works with central repos other than github too - it picked up assembla repos I had and pushes to them no problem.

Great stuff.