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0 pointsrsp19849y ago0 comments

SourceTree is the only software that they make that doesn't suck.

If you compare SourceTree to other halfway modern git clients (like Tower or GitX-dev), oh boy does it suck! The layout is completely disorganized, the diffing is super lousy. It's slow. It sucks up lots of memory. It's literally the last GUI client I'd use before just going to the command line.

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sb82449y ago

I switched to SourceTree after GitX (not dev but another fork) kept crashing. I haven't looked back. It's a great client and I haven't had any problems with it. I'm working on decently sized repos but keep a pretty clean flow.

aclsid9y ago

Did not know about GitX. Will still rely on the command line over here, but it is nice to know there is a free tool to give to less technical people that is faster.

tedmiston9y ago

Second that Tower is so much more Mac-like than SourceTree. On a non-Mac platform, SourceTree would probably be my pick for a git GUI though.

melvinmt9y ago

Ah, I almost forgot about GitX, my first git GUI client before I started using git gui itself.

bbcbasic9y ago

+1 I have to use it over a VM :-(. Commit time is coffee time.

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