My only negative about this fork is it removed from the UI how many commits you were ahead or behind of a remote branch. As noted on the GitHub page there are other fixes in this version which I'm sure help with its stability as I have been using this GitX client for a while without any crashes. It's able to load commits just as fast as the native git client. The best difference is its performance on large repos: it's fast.
As such it has all the pro's of GitX with some noticeable differences. This GitX version is forked off of GitX (L). Very slow on large repositories GitX - Rowanj Shows how far ahead/behind your branch is with a remote branchĮasy to view and checkout tags, branches, and stashes Cons The screens are clearly laid out, easy to navigate, and the GUI doesn't get in the way should you want to drop into a CLI and directly type in some git commands. The overall usability of this GitX client is great. Every time I'd refresh my history of commits I'd have to wait upwards of 30 seconds for it to finish scanning my log history.Īside from the performance issues on large git projects this fork brings a lot of nice UI improvements. However as soon as my repo grew this fork couldn't keep up. When I first began using GitX (L) my repos were small enough that it ran fine. It was my client of choice until I discovered one big problem this fork has: it runs very slow with large repos. This is one of the more popular GitX forks available. This version is quite minimal in that regard: you can view your history, stage commits, and commit. To toggle between viewing your history and staging a commit isn't as intuitive as other git GUI clients. Due to the lack of a development cycle the UI has begun to show its age. The last time this version of GitX was updated was on Oct 2nd, 2009. This version is highly stable however it lacks two very important things: features and active development. The first GitX version released was created by pieter on his GitHub account. Here's three of the best forks I know about. Subsequently it has been the source of numerous forks. GitX is one of the most popular open-sourced Git GUI for the Mac.
#Mac sourcetree vs smartgit mac
As I find new git GUIs I will add them to this list, hopefully making a canonical collection of Mac git GUIs.
#Mac sourcetree vs smartgit for mac os x
This article is focused on git GUIs for Mac OS X running 10.5 or greater. This is why a git GUI can put the joy back into using git. Even after you learn a few tricks such as git log -graph -oneline -all it remains difficult to really explore your history. Browsing through your history of commits with git log is not efficient. When you first learn git the CLI can be daunting and confusing. Predominately you interact with git from the command line, inputting commands such as git status or git commit to manipulate your repository. It's lightweight and highly configurable, complimenting almost anyone's programming workflow. Git is one of the most powerful and effective revision control systems available.
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