GitHub for Mac 1.1

#1

Post by joshaber » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:24 PM UTC

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

#2

Post by radimm » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:44 PM UTC

The interface certainly does look good, but man, I miss some consistency in navigation! And is it so hard to have mouse free control for application that is essentially GIT client?

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

#3

Post by bryanh » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:49 PM UTC

I'm a big fan of the GitHub for Mac GUI, I still have to drop down to the terminal to handle a few specific commands (especially when the GUI gets stuck in a merge conflict loop), but it helps me quickly handle stuff and thumb through local repos, especially helping me visualize stuff.

One thing I've noticed is that GitHub's web interface often misrepresents the number of branches we have. The number count is correct, but master is the only branch visible. And it only seems to happen after merges with the GUI...

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by kneath » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:50 PM UTC

bryanh wrote: post #3

I'm a big fan of the GitHub for Mac GUI, I still have to drop down to the terminal to handle a few specific commands (especially when the GUI gets stuck in a merge conflict loop), but it helps me quickly handle stuff and thumb through local repos, especially helping me visualize stuff. One thing I've noticed is that GitHub's web interface often misrepresents the number of branches we have. The number count is correct…

On the website, we only show you branches with unique commits. So if you merge a branch, it won't appear. This kind of sucks, but that page will get better with time.

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by csytan » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:53 PM UTC

I wrote a simple plugin for Sublime Text that opens the GitHub app and it's been working quite well as a replacement for Textmate & Git bundle.

There's been a few rare times where I've had to drop back to command line because of crashes, but I'm glad to see it's being maintained and updated.

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by phil » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 8:59 PM UTC

They added line by line committing!

That is awesome, I've been using citool for that forever, even though it's ugly on a Mac. (Along with diffing, commit surgery is one of the few tasks where a GUI really scores big).

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

#7

Post by solutionyogi » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 9:18 PM UTC

Line Committing is a killer feature. Right now, I force myself to check in code for the smallest change because I want my commit to reflect a meaningful change. I could certainly save a lot of time if I had the flexibility to make bunch of changes in the file and then commit them in separate hunks.

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by cyen » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 9:20 PM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #7

Line Committing is a killer feature. Right now, I force myself to check in code for the smallest change because I want my commit to reflect a meaningful change. I could certainly save a lot of time if I had the flexibility to make bunch of changes in the file and then commit them in separate hunks.

You can already from the command line! git add -p (short for --patch) will let you individual hunks of a file to the staging area.

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by johnthedebs » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 9:21 PM UTC

Looks like a great update (line-by-line committing ftw). I mainly use GitX for git GUI duties, but this looks like it's ready to replace GitX.

It's very handy to be able to switch between projects easily from within the app, and the direct GitHub integration is icing on the cake. The only not-awesome thing I noticed is some general lag and flickering, but hopefully that'll get worked out soon. The team at GitHub is doing some fantastic work.

Re: GitHub for Mac 1.1

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Post by zpao » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 9:22 PM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #7

Line Committing is a killer feature. Right now, I force myself to check in code for the smallest change because I want my commit to reflect a meaningful change. I could certainly save a lot of time if I had the flexibility to make bunch of changes in the file and then commit them in separate hunks.

You've always been able to do that via the command line (`git add -p `) but it's definitely great to see it in a more user friendly form.