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Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by evanw »

HarshaThota wrote: post #73
evanw wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most common questions/complaints I get are: - Why can't I find the installation directory? (ClickOnce doesn't use the standard C:/Program Files/ location, it stores program files in C:/Users/ /AppData/Local/Apps/2.0 for security reasons.) - Why does the installer need a network connection? (ClickOnce downloads the required setup files from the internet.) The lack of a standard Program Files/.exe deployment also m…

Don't know if it's mature enough but have you looked at NSync ( https://github.com/xpaulbettsx/NSync )? Considering that Paul has been working on it and yet choose to go with ClickOnce, I am guessing it's not ready for prime time but it might be worth looking into anyway.

Yes I've been keeping a close eye on this project. Based off the readme, it sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. You make a good point though, as it was authored by the same user but ClickOnce was chosen instead.

Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by mkuhn »

robertszkutak wrote: post #76
mkuhn wrote: post #33

Really cool. Looking forward when it will also will allow me to track Issues there. One problem that is rendering it unusable for me atm though is that it tells me that files contain changes that have not been touched and if I try to discard those changes it actually has no effect. Wanted to report it but found no way to do so on the GitHub for Windows page.

I also have this problem. I let it commit and push the commit just to see what would happen and the commit seems to have deleted and then re-added my files. Even after cloning a repository it wants me to make a commit like this. Afterwards it seems to work as expected though.

Yeah, seems to be an odd bug. Behavior for me is exactly the same as for you.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#83

Post by mkopinsky »

Is there a standalone installer? I am behind a proxy and the installer doesn't seem to get along with Tunnelier.

14:32:19.309 (unrecognized proxy protocol) connection from 127.0.0.1:3743 failed: Unsupported client protocol; the client may be expecting a regular HTTP proxy.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#84

Post by drivebyacct2 »

killercup wrote: post #28
nknight wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you serious? I ask this out of genuine ignorance, knowing only a little of what has gone on in the Windows world the last ~4 years. This is what Windows 8 apps are supposed to look like?

I guess GitHub's apps are kind of the hipster git clients on all platforms. I don't really like the Mac version (I'm faster in GitX), but this looks actually pretty decent and also what I was expecting for a Metro app. I'll give it a try later to see how productive I can be with it.

This is not a "Metro app" in the Windows 8 sense of the word. This is a "desktop app" that looks like a WinRT/Metro/"modern app". Just as a heads up since there is already terminology/tech confusion.

Re: GitHub for Windows

#85

Post by drivebyacct2 »

robertszkutak wrote: post #76
mkuhn wrote: post #33

Really cool. Looking forward when it will also will allow me to track Issues there. One problem that is rendering it unusable for me atm though is that it tells me that files contain changes that have not been touched and if I try to discard those changes it actually has no effect. Wanted to report it but found no way to do so on the GitHub for Windows page.

I also have this problem. I let it commit and push the commit just to see what would happen and the commit seems to have deleted and then re-added my files. Even after cloning a repository it wants me to make a commit like this. Afterwards it seems to work as expected though.

I had this problem on Mac as well which is why I used it for all of 15 minutes before giving up. My colleague tried it against my recommendations and before the end of the day he experienced the same thing.

Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by nknight »

killercup wrote: post #28
nknight wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you serious? I ask this out of genuine ignorance, knowing only a little of what has gone on in the Windows world the last ~4 years. This is what Windows 8 apps are supposed to look like?

I guess GitHub's apps are kind of the hipster git clients on all platforms. I don't really like the Mac version (I'm faster in GitX), but this looks actually pretty decent and also what I was expecting for a Metro app. I'll give it a try later to see how productive I can be with it.

I don't actively use any git GUI client, but my reaction is to the style in general rather than anything git-specific.

I don't claim to be a design guru, but it looks like somebody was going for minimalism, but used a nuke instead of a scalpel. My eyes don't know what to focus on, there's limited indication of what things are, and in places it's hard to tell at a glance where one component ends and the next begins.

It's not so much ugly as it is intensely vague and somewhat undiscoverable.

Edit: Just to be clear, I don't want this to be seen as a criticism of this app or its developers specifically, I'm operating under the impression I'm getting from other commenters that this is very Windows 8-ish in general, so take this as bewilderment at the Windows 8 style.

Re: GitHub for Windows

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Post by [deleted] »

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.

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