Oh wonderful. Installed it, and now none of the git repos I pointed it to are recognized by git command line anymore :/
GitHub Desktop is now available
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Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#192Its a shame that a Linux version is not included. A significant volume of developers work on Linux. If doing a multi platform application, why exclude it?
As strange as it sounds the lack of a decent git GUI is one of the reasons I don't feel comfortable using Linux as my main development environment (not the only reason of course). It's a big pitty neither Github nor Atlassian (the big "git" players, in my mind) seem inclined to release a GUI client for Linux.
Gitg (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg/) looks decent, although it's Linux-only. It's like git-gui and gitk merged into a GTK3 interface.
It would be cool if Atlassian would open-source their client (SourceTree). They make money off of Bitbucket/Stash and provide SourceTree as freeware, so it seems like a no-brainer to open-source it and let the community port it to Linux.
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's rather embarrassing that github would consider it too difficult or too troublesome to release Linux builds. Very insulting towards a huge chunk of its user base. Regarding GUI, how do you initiate a pull request on the command line?
I was just guessing, I really don't know. There could be other reasons I'm unaware of. http://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull
thanks, but the context was how to create a new pull request to github from commandline, which I don't believe git request-pull can do. Another comment mentions https://github.com/github/hub#git-pull-request which seems to be what I am looking for.
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's likely they felt it's not worth the time since most Linux users are using the CLI for everything else, and likely wouldn't be interested in a GUI. Personally I've never used the Github GUI and have no plans to, running the commands is fast and easy.
It's rather embarrassing that github would consider it too difficult or too troublesome to release Linux builds. Very insulting towards a huge chunk of its user base. Regarding GUI, how do you initiate a pull request on the command line?
git pull-request
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's rather embarrassing that github would consider it too difficult or too troublesome to release Linux builds. Very insulting towards a huge chunk of its user base. Regarding GUI, how do you initiate a pull request on the command line?
git pull-request Using https://github.com/github/hub
thanks, that's what I'm looking for!
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#196Its a shame that a Linux version is not included. A significant volume of developers work on Linux. If doing a multi platform application, why exclude it?
It's likely they felt it's not worth the time since most Linux users are using the CLI for everything else, and likely wouldn't be interested in a GUI. Personally I've never used the Github GUI and have no plans to, running the commands is fast and easy.
I use the CLI. Still, that's not the point. Mac users use the CLI too. Some Windows users as well I'm sure. We now live in a Triple-Platform world. Linux is not a sideline project. Its a major Operating System. If OSX gets it (BSD), surely it can be compiled to Linux. Its multi platform anyway so why not go the full distance?!
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
As strange as it sounds the lack of a decent git GUI is one of the reasons I don't feel comfortable using Linux as my main development environment (not the only reason of course). It's a big pitty neither Github nor Atlassian (the big "git" players, in my mind) seem inclined to release a GUI client for Linux.
Git cola is very good on linux http://git-cola.github.io/
git-cola runs on Mac OS X and Windows too.
It's also very vim-ish / keyboard-centric, which is a big plus if you hate using a mouse, but still like to visually stage things.
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#198I've been using Github on Mac for a while now. It won't do all the fancy things that the CLI will, but I love it for the ability to break up large bunches of files into separate commits, for when I forget to commit for a while or my local repo gets a little messy.
git add -p
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#199For Mac or Windows.... it is just insulting that GitHub continues to Treat linux has a second class citizen when with out Linux Git would not be a project...
In their defense, I don't see many linux users choosing GUI app over command line to handle git (unless they have it integrated in their IDE)
I use git primarily on Linux, but I don't use an IDE. I frequently use 'git gui' to prepare commits - I particularly like the ability to select individual lines from a diff to include in a commit, breaking apart multiple changes to the same file when necessary. I also use gitk a lot. I'm very comfortable using the command line, but it's not correct to assume that command line users wouldn't want a GUI tool as well.
Re: GitHub Desktop is now available
#200"Why don't you support the Linux platform? At this time, we're focused on optimizing the Mac and Windows experience. We're always thinking about potential improvements for the diverse needs of our users, though!" https://help.github.com/desktop/faq/articles/why-don-t-you-s... Something tells me that the Linux version will come up later.
Once the universe has cooled to absolute zero, that is a corporate non answer. "Go away" dressed up in a party frock.