How do you open SourceTree from the command line?

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loeschg picture loeschg · Oct 29, 2013 · Viewed 31.2k times · Source

Is there a quick and easy way to open a git repository in SourceTree from the command line?

I do a lot of git work from Terminal, but sometimes there's no replacement for a good history view/diff. Would love to be able to open without using bookmarks.

Answer

loeschg picture loeschg · Oct 29, 2013

Installing the SourceTree Command Line Tools will provide you with the stree command. This will allow you to open the current directory in SourceTree.

sourcetree commandline tools

You can also specify a particular path to a repo

stree ~/my-repo-in-another-folder

If installing command-line tools isn't an option for whatever reason, you can also do the following:

open -a SourceTree path-to-file

and maybe set up an alias in .bashrc or .zshrc

alias sourcetree='open -a SourceTree'

For those who are using SourceTree 3

alias sourcetree='open -a SourceTree\ 3'

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