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Re: GitHub for Windows

#61

Post by generalk » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:01 PM UTC

ineedtosleep wrote: post #55

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #19

Very well done. ClickOnce installer; solid UI (rare on Windows, I've found), and even installs git hooks into PowerShell so there's no need to dump the user into bash (unless they want it). One downside, not entirely obvious how one's supposed to clone a repo with this?

To be fair, the GitHub for Windows UI looks a lot like the Zune UI, which has been around for a while now. I've not been able to try it yet on my Windows machines, but the screens I've seen look like they borrowed heavily from what Zune had.

GitHub for Mac borrows from a lot of good Mac UIs, and it looks like GitHub for Windows does the same from good Windows UIs. Frankly I find this refreshing. I'm tired of applications that build their own interaction layer and then implement that across every platform regardless of that platform's idioms. Or, even worse: Air apps.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#62

Post by martinaglv » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:01 PM UTC

For those of you looking for a nice Git client for Windows, I suggest checking out TortoiseGit[1]. I can't recommend it enough. It is such a powerful peace of software and I am surprised it is not brought up in discussions more often.

http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by mohsen » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:04 PM UTC

not sure about anyone else around here but this fella http://i.imgur.com/Q3d6N.png has popped up twice for me in the first 5 minutes of setting up.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#64

Post by eibrahim » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:09 PM UTC

Will this work with git repos on bitbucket? I use bitbucket because I can have unlimited private repos for free.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#65

Post by eibrahim » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:11 PM UTC

I am interested in knowing how you integrated chromium in your .net app??? Could you share that info or blog about it?

Re: GitHub for Windows

#66

Post by jamesgeck0 » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

ineedtosleep wrote: post #55

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #19

Very well done. ClickOnce installer; solid UI (rare on Windows, I've found), and even installs git hooks into PowerShell so there's no need to dump the user into bash (unless they want it). One downside, not entirely obvious how one's supposed to clone a repo with this?

To be fair, the GitHub for Windows UI looks a lot like the Zune UI, which has been around for a while now. I've not been able to try it yet on my Windows machines, but the screens I've seen look like they borrowed heavily from what Zune had.

It's designed to look like Metro, the style Microsoft is adopting for Windows 8. Zune was an early iteration of Metro.

Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by mountaineer » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:13 PM UTC

Two attempts, two crashes. Still a little rough.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#68

Post by facorreia » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:13 PM UTC

eibrahim wrote: post #64

Will this work with git repos on bitbucket? I use bitbucket because I can have unlimited private repos for free.

Yes, it works with any local git repository. I have a git repo linked to bitbucket and I could use this tool to open it and work on it.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#69

Post by wildc4rd » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

Finally! I've spent many hours scratching my head trying to get connected to github through windows. I'm pleased to see this tool out.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#70

Post by artursapek » Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

facorreia wrote: post #68

eibrahim wrote: post #64

Will this work with git repos on bitbucket? I use bitbucket because I can have unlimited private repos for free.

Yes, it works with any local git repository. I have a git repo linked to bitbucket and I could use this tool to open it and work on it.

Good on Github for not closing it off.