A pretty and feature rich git GUI for Linux

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Manish Sinha picture Manish Sinha · Jan 26, 2010 · Viewed 56.2k times · Source

I was checking out for a rich GUI for Git on Linux. Of late I have started using it a lot and find that even though command-line is very useful, I would still want a GUI at my disposal since I am not still very much aware with the advanced features.

I came across this question on SO before, but I still have to ask this question again, as that question doesn't have my answer

  • I have used git-cola and gitk, but they look half-baked and gitk looks like I am working on some other DE. All the features I require in gitGUI is not in either or them.

  • I tried giggle , but it is more useful for watching diffs

  • I tried QGit, but it is not fully complete.

Now let me tell how I want a foo-Git-GUI to look like:

  • You can have a look at Bzr Explorer , it is highly usable and has many features than many of the above mentioned GUIs

Anyone knows of any Git GUI which looks like the above example I posted above?

Answer

Christoph picture Christoph · Mar 4, 2011

I find myself using mainly gitg in combination with the command line for more complicated tasks.

Source repository: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gitg.

Recently, a new version 0.3.2 has been released, which is a rewrite using Vala. It's not yet feature-complete compared to the old 0.2 series, but the refactor is expected to speed up future development.

Also, there are normally PPAs on Launchpad which contain a more up-to-date version than the standard repo. enter image description here enter image description here

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