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SmartGit vs GitKraken Client vs Fork

 vs SourceTree vs Git Extensions vs Visual Studio Code vs GitUp vs git-cola vs Tower vs GitAhead vs TortoiseGit vs Gitg vs Sublime Merge vs GitHub Desktop vs Ungit vs VS Code vs Aurees vs gmaster vs IntelliJ vs GitAtomic vs GitEye vs Cycligent Git Tool vs GitX vs GitKraken vs GitUI vs Vershd vs GitFiend vs tig vs Magit

Specs

Platforms

Linux, Mac, Windows

Pull Request/Comments support

Atlassian Stash, BitBucket, GitHub, own Git server (Distributed Review add-on)

Pro Features

Conflict Solver and Compare (freely editable); Pull Requests, Comments for BitBucket, GitHub and provider independent (Distributed Review add-on); Git-Flow; highly configurable views, external tools

Issue Tracker support

Atlassian JIRA

Cons Characteristics

Not as smart as the name suggests. Very tedious dialogues like: "In contrast to Fetch Only, Pull will also incorporate the fetched changes" No links to get help.

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Server, Jira Issues, GitKraken Boards Issues

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

FREE / $49.99

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

Free

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, MacOS (Linux and Macos up to version 2.5 only)

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

MIT, Proprietary (official builds)

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Integrated Debugger

Yes

Code Templates

Yes

Error Markup

Yes

Source Control Integration

Git

Extension language

JavaScript

Plugin Manager

Yes

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

GPLv2

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

FREE, $69/year for Basic, $99/year for Pro, $149/year for Enterprise

Features

Pull Requests, Interactive Rebase, Git-Flow, Dark Mode, Undo, Quick Actions, Image Diffing, Reflog, Drag & Drop, User Profiles

Git Hosting Integrations

GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket Server, GitLab EE/CE, Assembla, Perforce GitSwarm, Planio, Beanstalk, and many more.

Free Version

Yes, for students, teachers, schools, universities, coding bootcamps etc.

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

Kaleidoscope, P4Merge, BBEdit, Beyond Compare, FileMerge, Araxis Merge, TextMate, and many more.

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

C++

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

C, C++

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

GPLv2

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

Vala

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Linux, Mac, Windows

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

$99 personal, $75/year business

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

Unlimited

Free for

-

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

Free

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows

Pull Request/Comments support

Coming

Pro Features

Full Diff and Merge Tool including Advanced Semantif Merge

Issue Tracker support

Yes

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

Free

License

TBD

Multi Language Support

No

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

30 days

Free for

Personal and NPO

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

Rust

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

-

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

C

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Platforms

Any supported by Emacs (Linux, Windows,macOS,*BSD...)

Pull Request/Comments support

-

Pro Features

-

Issue Tracker support

-

Cons Characteristics

-

Integrations

-

Price

-

License

GPLv3

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Code Templates

-

Error Markup

-

Source Control Integration

-

Extension language

-

Plugin Manager

-

Pricing

-

Features

-

Git Hosting Integrations

-

Free Version

-

Diff & Merge Tool Integrations

-

Technology

-

Trial Period

-

Free for

-

Pros + Cons

Con
 Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.
Comment

Pro
 Clean UI

SmartGit has a rather clean and uncluttered user interface. All the most useful tools and information are displayed at all times or are otherwise just a couple of clicks away. All repositories are displayed in the sidebar and through a tabbed interface you can view various info about a specific repository (files, branches, branch graph, etc). The most used git commands like pull, push, sync, commit and merge are always available on top.
Comment

Pro
 Gratis for non-commercial use

SmartGit may be used for no cost, as long as it is used only for non-commercial projects, or for a 30 day trial period.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to use

The clean and intuitive UI makes SmartGit very easy even for people with no prior experience with Git, even after reading just a bit on how Git works and what the main commands are.
Comment

Con
 Free version doesn't support Gitlab Community Edition

It requires paid commercial version.
Comment

Con
 Very expensive and no multi-user licences

91 EUR per year per person for the base version is more expensive than top development IDEs, and is exaggerated. No multi-user and no site licence either, which makes the licence management a pain.
Comment

Con
 Some Git functionality has been renamed

In order to preserve the same interface across Git and Mercurial, some naming compromises have been made.
Comment

Pro
 Portable version for Windows available

SmartGit also has a portable bundle that can be downloaded and can be run from external devices (such as a flash drive for example).
Comment

Pro
 Responsive development team

Comment

Pro
 Offers life-time updates

One payment, get updates for all future versions.
Comment

Pro
 The best multi-repository support

Can make a repo group containing multiple repos; it acts as a meta repo. Can submit selected files from multiple repos in a repo group in one commit action; uses the same commit message in all the repo commits.
Comment

Pro
 Great overview of the project/repository's log

SmartGit's log viewer displays the full commit history in a clean UI. This can be filtered to only show commits matching a certain criterion (e.g. branch).
Comment

Con
 Auto clean up consumes a lot of resources

Leaving SmartGit idle for some time will start project clean up, consuming a lot of PC processing power, making it completely unusable until it finishes. It can be disabled from the options menu, but should be disabled by default.
Comment

Pro
 In-client merge resolution

No more need for kDiff or another external client. Every commit comes with a clean view of the merge, and the same UI is used for merge-conflicts.
Comment

Con
 There is no lite version

A lite version would allow the user to do all the basic tasks quickly. If you need more complex tasks, you can also install the regular version beside it. A lite version would also be less memory hungry and would work on systems using low memory.
Comment

Con
 It can be slow and resource hungry

It was written in Java, which is known for being a resource hog, and it can be slow on some machines, as well as prone to errors if developers are not very experienced.
Comment

Con
 Absolute git beginners will find it very complicated

Comment

Con
 Unintuitive UI

At first glance, the sub windows are poorly organized. For example, there isn't an easy way to navigate the files in the repository. It's drastically differently designed than other popular source control clients.
Comment

Pro
 Has the most features and most logical layout

Compared to gitk, git gui, SourceTree, GitKraken.
Comment

Pro
 Multi-platform

Works on GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Windows.
Comment

Pro
 Can be integrated with Github, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Atlassian Stash

Using OAuth, you can connect SmartGit with your accounts in Github, Bitbucket, or Stash and access the remote repositories there. You can then clone, fork, commit or push to your remote repositories from inside SmartGit. You can also view and manage pull requests for your open source projects from SmartGit.
Comment

Pro
 Great view of the timeline of the project (the log)

Comment

Pro
 Auto stash

Greatly improve the user experience when rebasing, etc.
Comment

Pro
 Log with fine-grained display of branches

There is no option of just showing the current branch or all branches, but you can select very fine-grained what branches/forks should be displayed.
Comment

Pro
 Syntax coloring for many languages

The built-in compare and conflict solver has syntax coloring with customizable colors.
Comment

Pro
 Smart embedded difference viewer

When the changes affect only a few characters in a line of code, the embedded difference viewers in the majority of competitors (such as SourceTree) show the whole line as removed and re-added. SmartGit highlights the characters that have been removed / added, so they are easier to read.
Comment

Con
 Appears to not handle AWS credentials

A pain. Though there's always cmd line.
Comment

Pro
 Excellent dark theme

And support for own themes.
Comment

Pro
 Runs repository diagnostics in the background

SmartGit regularly runs repository/config diagnostics in the background to ensure smooth operation and high performance. It prompts user with warnings and suggestions on how to improve configuration and often provides a one-click auto-fix. For example, it will warn you when repository needs cleaning-up, when sub-modules are not properly initialized, or when its auto-rename-detection feature is too intensive because of too many untracked files.
Comment

Pro
 Can see dangling commits and stash commits

Rebased, but not yet garbage-collected commits can be easily made accessible again, e.g. after a reset hard.
Comment

Pro
 Can rearrange Repository window and Log window views/panels

This allows great layouts as desired.
Comment

Con
 Handling of git repository security tokens & credentials

The handling of git repository security tokens & credentials is bad: one usually has to ask google, read discussions and then start to use try & error to get working access. You would expect much more from software that calls itself smart.
Comment

Con
 The top 5-10 git Use Cases are not intuitive without knowing git

SmartGit fails to abstract git in a way that makes it easy / intuitive to use. For software that calls itself smart, you would expect someone who has worked with any version of control software for years to get up to speed quickly with SmartGit - without studying the Git Manual.
Comment

Pro
 GPG support

GPG in SmartGit makes for added security.
Comment

Pro
 Extendable with external tools

External tools (which have a command line support) can be integrated to be used to open/view files, for diff or as conflict solvers. E.g. editors like Notepad++ or VS Code, p4merge to diff images or kdiff3 as diff view/conflict solver.
Comment

Pro
 Can edit file in workspace or index directly from the compare view

This is very useful when reviewing files before committing and finding a needed quick tweak.
Comment

Pro
 Great support

Support responds quickly and they genuinely try to help you! If it's a bug, it will often be fixed within days.
Comment

Pro
 UX design is synergy with how a developer actually works

It may look confusing at first, but once you know each part, you love how useful they are.
Comment

Pro
 Git squash

Git squash is a pain on CLI, and most Git clients allow some king of squash during Rebase only. I really like the Ctrl+J shortcup to simply squash commits.
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Pro
 Free for non-commercial use (with some restrictions)

SmartGit can be used free of charge by Open Source developers, teachers and their students, or for hobby, non-paid usage. However, some features are only available with paid versions, like JIRA/GitHub Entreprise/Bitbucket integration, distributed review, DeepGit.
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Con
 Missing .rpm package

For linux distributions, like Fedora or OpenSUSE it is a trouble with manual dependency matching to get it work.
Comment

Con
 Currently lacks support for git subtree

It's a useful feature when developing several independent project modules in parallel.
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Con
 Font size too small and cannot be changed

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Pro
 GitFlow support

GitFlow provides a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. SmartGit/Hg allows setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model.
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Pro
 Allows rearranging views

If screen space is limited, one can stack some views onto another. 2 layouts are available - "Main" and "Review" - with independent view positions.
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Pro
 Every git command is available through the GUI

Not every, but nearly all.
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Con
 Requires non-beginner level of GIT to appreciate fully

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Pro
 Great filtering options

The file list view can be tweaked and filtered in many ways (e.g. regex can be used).
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Pro
 Supports Mercurial & SVN

Apart from Git, SmartGit supports both Mercurial and SVN via a git bridge.
Comment

Con
 Diff display doesn't show long lines well

If changes are made in very long lines, the diff display is hard to navigate.
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Pro
 Evolution submission program

See here.
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Pro
 Git Bisect implementation

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Pro
 Can detect issue numbers and links to the issue tracker

Support GitBugTraq file
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Pro
 Supports selecting open issues from JIRA

Allows you to select the desired issue, instead of having to do it manually.
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Pro
 Journal dedicated for current branch history

Showing commits from the current branch, its remote branch and one auxiliary branch. Independent of the that, there is a log window available that allows to view all (other) commits.
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Pro
 Auto-detects repositories on disk

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Pro
 Best submodule workflow on the market

You can easily update submodules from the containing repo, unlike other GUIs that require you to open each repo separately. Saves a lot of time when working on a monorepo managed using submodules.
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Pro
 Uncluttered UI

SmartGit has a rather clean and uncluttered user interface. All the most useful tools and information are displayed at all times or are otherwise just a couple of clicks away. All repositories are displayed in the sidebar and through a tabbed interface you can view various info about a specific repository (files, branches, branch graph, etc). The most used git commands like pull, push, sync, commit and merge are always available on top.
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Pro
 Portable version for Windows is available

SmartGit also has a portable bundle that can be downloaded and can be run from external devices (such as a flash drive for example) or to test-drive without leaving traces on the machine after removing.
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Pro
 Supports GitFlow

GitFlow provides a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. SmartGit allows for setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model.
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Pro
 Supports Git, Mercurial, and SVN

SmartGit/Hg supports Git and Mercurial, as well as SVN via Git bridge.
Comment

Con
 Proprietary license

Not an open source license.
Comment

Con
 External log window

A "Journal" view is available in the main window, though, and focuses on the current branch (incl. remote branch) and one additional ("auxiliary") branch.
Comment

Con
 Irritating starting screen

Start Screen gets on top of all and every window open until SmartGit opens up, which takes some time.
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Pro
 Free for non-commercial use

SmartGit can be used free of charge by Open Source developers, teachers and their students, or for hobby, non-paid usage.
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Pro
 Beautiful user interface

It's modern and beautiful, it looks clean and refined. It's simple: the most used features (pull, push, branch, stash, commit) are accessible in one click, and are the only buttons. The other features aren't in complicated menus nor in hundreds of buttons, but rather displayed when you right-click on something. It gives more space to the commits, i.e. the most important things. In fact, you can collapse or reduce the other menus/windows. It displays the current path (project, branch) on an horizontal (clickable) bar at the top. It's just a matter of taste but I prefer this to the traditional "tree" view. It has undo and redo buttons on the main window. It supports some drag-and-drop gestures (for example: drag-and-droping the local branch to the remote one pushes it).
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Pro
 Extremely easy to use

A lot of care has gone into trying to make GitKraken as easy and intuitive as possible and it show. Every action is quick and painless with no more user interaction than necessary. For example, switching to another branch is as easy as a double-click on the sidebar.
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Pro
 Cross-platform

Built on top of Electron, so it runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
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Pro
 Offers a simple way of undoing mistakes

GitKraken has simple undo/redo buttons that work the same way you'd expect in any other software.
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Pro
 Some of the best integration with hosted version control services

GitKraken can be connected to Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket accounts through OAuth. From that point onward most if not all actions that are related to these services can be done inside GitKraken. Things like: cloning or forking a repository, adding a remote, pushing to a remote repository hosted on these services can be done inside the app. You can even manage pull requests inside GitKraken for example. All pull requests for a certain branch for example are shown on that branch's graph.
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Pro
 Free version available

There are both pro and free versions available. The free version is pretty complete feature-wise for day-to-day operations.
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Pro
 Under constant improvement

A quick glance at GitKraken's release notes shows how frequently it's updated. Updates are released on a 2-4 week cycle and each one brings new features and bug fixes.
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Pro
 GitFlow support out of the box

Supports GitFlow out of the box.
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Pro
 Has a FuzzyFinder

GitKraken has a fuzzy finder to switch between repos/files.
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Pro
 Perfect for beginner developers

GitKraken is easy to use and is brilliant for the beginner developers.
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Pro
 Has a dark theme

No more eyestrain staring at white screens - GitKraken has a lovely dark theme.
Comment

Con
 No longer free for use with private repos

You can use GitKraken for free if you're working on a public hosted repo, but you can no longer work on a private hosted one without paying.
Comment

Pro
 Good keyboard shortcuts

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Con
 Slow

Can take between 2 and 5 seconds to load a repository, if not crashing while loading
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Con
 Must log into GitKraken servers to use the free version

All functionality is disabled unless you register for a free account and remain logged in. There is the $99/user/yr Enterprise option. It allows you to deploy a Linux License Server in an air-gapped/offline environment.
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Con
 Has memory-related issues

Like most Electron apps, GitKraken has some memory-related issues. For starter, it requires more memory for an action than an equivalent non-Electron application. Although this should not be a problem most of the time for people who use machines with lots of RAM (after all, RAM is pretty cheap nowadays), it can have some issues when opening large repositories and there have been cases where GitKraken failed to open very large repositories or started lagging once they were opened.
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Con
 Not open source

It is gratis (no cost) but is not open source. The community cannot fix problems in it, audit it for security, or trust it in general.
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Con
 Not free for commercial use

The free version of GitKraken cannot be used in commercial projects.
Comment

Con
 Crashes once in a while

Under specific circumstances, like resetting 5000+ changes, the GUI will crash.
Comment

Con
 Has annoying popup reminders that ask you to upgrade to the Pro version

Understandable, since nobody is entitled to use work done by others for free, but annoying nonetheless.
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Con
 Amending merge output is a pro feature

In most cases of Merge Conflicts, users are stuck with auto-merge or manually resolving it by hand. This is because in the Free Tier, users can only (1) Keep File (ver 1), (2) Keep File (ver 2), (3) Auto-merge, or (4) Use External Merge Tool. In addition, using External Merge Tools is very limited because GitKraken (all tiers) restricts External Merge Tools to only those it managed to Auto-detect. It also does not support custom arguments for the External Tools. Modifying the merge output directly, or Selecting lines to keep/discard, is a Paid Feature.
Comment

Con
 Can be confusing

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Con
 No real commitement to Linux support

Infinite loop on Fedora 28, no debug feature or stacktrace available, no clear dependencies listing.... No real support on Linux.
Comment

Con
 Ugly, looks like a web app

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Con
 Not free for private repos

It is no more free for use with private in-house repos. On top, need to log onto the gitkraken account to use it at all. It's like enrolling in a home depot account just to be able to open your own front door.
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Con
 Not free for private repository

The last update made the app total nonsense. from now on, you need to purchase a license if you have a private project.
Comment

Con
 Not free for private projects

The FREE plan does not allow you to open private repositories. This seems to be a recent change as of November 2019, previously that was ok.
Comment

Con
 Missing some advanced features

For example: Checkout & Hard Reset Advanced or Interactive Rebase (aka history rewrite) Progress bar indicator
Comment

Con
 No tab support

Cannot access multiple repositories in the same session.
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Con
 Cannot add custom External Merge Tool

If your External Merge Tool does not appear in its auto-detect dropdown list (e.g. KDiff3), you are unable to do any advanced Merge conflict in the free tier. You are stuck with either Git Command Line or a simple Keep File/Delete File option.
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Con
 Does not support hooks

Hooks in .git/hooks/ are not triggered.
Comment

Con
 Cannot multi-select files

No Ctrl-Click or Shift-Click for multi-selecting files. For example, if you have a few files you wish to delete, it is a slow process. You have to delete them individually; that is, right click a file then delete, right click another then delete, and so on.
Comment

Con
 Need registration

You need to create account to use gitkraken.
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Con
 [Ignore] Was in beta

Since the creation of this con, the software has reached a stable release. It does not, however, appear that Slant provides a delete option--so this must seemingly stay for now.
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Pro
 Fast and easy to use

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Pro
 You can download and evaluate the Software for free, but need to purchase a license for long-term use

The work on Fork is done by a family of software developers crafting Fork in our spare time full-time.
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Pro
 Lightweight

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Pro
 Comfortable when staging line-by-line changes

This feature is superior to the one that is implemented by SourceTree as it does not reset the file scroll view to the top of the file after each stage. If you do feature-specific commits after some time of development - it's very important to be able to easily compose the commit from different line-based changes.
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Pro
 Dark theme support

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Pro
 Constantly updated

Weekly/monthly updates, the devs maintain it.
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Pro
 Highlights the difference within a line

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Pro
 Overall aesthetic

The GUI components are flawless on the Mac. It is expected to be a similar experience on Windows. Once you realize that you can filter by branch, your appreciation for the product will go up dramatically.
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Pro
 Tabbed interface

Several repos can be open at once in individual tabs, so it's trivial to switch back and forth between them.
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Pro
 Beautiful and intuitive

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Pro
 Smart Diff is very handy

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Con
 Not available for Linux

This git client is not compatible with Linux making the life harder for the developers that work on both, MacOS and some Linux distro.
Comment

Pro
 Merge Conflict Resolution is great

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Pro
 Fork is available for Windows

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Con
 Still a young client, thus so not as feature rich

This git GUI client is quite young compared to industry old-timers like git-tower 2 or SourceTree. So it's not as feature rich as you'd like. Still a very capable client for a simple day-to-day work.
Comment

Pro
 Comfortable keyboard shortcuts

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Con
 Hard to see which repos have uncommitted changes at a glance

Have to click the repo names one by one to see the uncommitted changes. Remember Sourcetree Mac client having an indicator showing the number of uncommited changes.
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Con
 Proprietary

This app is not free software and the licensing terms are somewhat unclear.
Comment

Con
 No LFS locks support

LFS locks, introduced in v2.0, are mandatory when it comes to using GIT with non-technical personnel who has to edit binary files. This is not possible with Fork.
Comment

Con
 Limited search

The search / filter options are still very limited in comparison to e.g. TortoiseGit.
Comment

Con
 No Linux version

This git client is not compatible with Linux making the life harder for the developers that work on both, MacOS and some Linux distro.
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Pro
 Comprehensive layout

SourceTree has 3 main repository views: file status, history and search. File status view shows status of currently selected repo. It's split in 2 areas - file list and diff-view. History view tracks changes made to the currently selected repository. It's divided in 3 sections. The top section has a graph with progression of commits, branches and merges. The bottom section shows commit details, files changed and differences committed. Search view allows looking up commit messages, users, files changes, branches and commit SHA. There's also a toolbar at the top that allows switching between the three views as well as gives access to git commands such as commit, checkout, reset, stash, add, remove, fetch, pull, push, branch, merge and tag.
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Pro
 Easy and intuitive interface

A clean interface that allows you to use the main git features with one click.
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Pro
 Simple yet powerful

SourceTree allows you to do advanced Git operations while making them straight-forward for those who are still adjusting to Git.
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Con
 Requires registration to install and use

An Atlassian account is required for use.
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Pro
 Powerful enough for experts

Makes advanced Git and Mercurial commands more accessible with a visual context. Review outgoing and incoming changesets, cherry-pick between branches, patch handling, rebase, stash, shelve, and much more.
Comment

Con
 No Linux version

There's no Linux version available.
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Pro
 Informative branch visualisation

In addition to color-coded branches and icons that tell if a file has been added, removed or modified, Sourcetree also displays the number of commits that are ahead and behind remote repo.
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Pro
 Gratis

No cost to use without registration. After 30 days, it requires registration (which also costs nothing).
Comment

Con
 Overly-complicated UI

Every command line function was seemingly assigned to a button or menu item. That doesn't equate to a good visual interface.
Comment

Con
 Buggy as hell

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Con
 Unstable and terrible UX

The Windows version of SourceTree is riddled with bugs, causing some users to find it unusable. These include failing to refresh, frequent freezing, and slow performance. The recent redesign (February 2016) has made the UI difficult to navigate.
Comment

Con
 Struggles with large repos

With large projects and commits it's can become unresponsive and sometimes crash.
Comment

Con
 Always slow

Comment

Con
 Terrible for resolving merge conflicts

It's hard to tell when you are in a conflict state, let alone what to do if it happens.
Comment

Con
 No tabs on Mac

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Pro
 Built-in integration with Stash and Bitbucket

Sourcetree integrates with repositories hosted on Bitbucket, Stash, GitHub, and Kiln.
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Pro
 Built-in Git-flow and Hg-flow support

Git-flow and Hg-flow provide a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. Sourcetree allows setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model. Clicking the Git-flow / Hg-flow toolbar button will give you access to actions for starting or finishing features, releases or hotfixes depending on current state of repository.
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Pro
 Supports Git, Mercurial and Subversion

Allows managing Git & Mercurial repos side by side. It even allows Subversion interoperability via either git-svn or hgsubversion plugins that set up a bridge between either Git and SVN or Mercurial and SVN respectively.
Comment

Pro
 Consistent UI across platforms

SourceTree is great for working in a cross-platform environment as it has the exact same UI on Windows as it has on OS X.
Comment

Con
 Poor UX for interactive rebase

The interactive rebase window is a pain to use, with poor UX, such as not refreshing the list once a change is made. It's a downgrade from git rebase --interactive.
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Pro
 Allows chunks and lines selection during commit

SourceTree automatically splits the changes to be committed into chunks allowing committing (or discarding) each chunk separately. Furthermore, the user can even select specific lines. This greatly increases the flexibility of the user in that matter.
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Pro
 Supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion

Allows managing Git & Mercurial repos side by side. It even allows Subversion interoperability via git-svn or hgsubversion plugins which set up a bridge between either Git and SVN or Mercurial and SVN respectively.
Comment

Pro
 Free

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Pro
 No renamed controls

This can be both a pro and a con, because the UI will change slightly depending on which repository type you're using. Might be more of a pro, though, because it helps you to either learn the command lines or instantly know what things are if coming from the command line.
Comment

Con
 Does not support offline usage

As of 2.0.20.1, it now does a dial-home on each start-up. If you're working on air-gapped networks for security and compliance requirements, SourceTree is a no-no.
Comment

Con
 Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.
Comment

Con
 Browsing folders is troublesome

Choosing files of specific folders for check-in is troublesome.
Comment

Pro
 Supports Git LFS

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Con
 Login problems

Frequently unable to log in, despite the correct password.
Comment

Con
 Not always recognizes changed files

Seems to not always recognize changed files, which means that they will not be pushed to remote origin either. This means if you switch branches, the files will be overwritten and you lose your progress. Very annoying.
Comment

Con
 No dark theme

No dark theme for Windows, however MacOS version does have a dark theme.
Comment

Con
 Information density can be a bit much

It's possible to be overwhelmed with the information density presented in Sourcetree. Especially in history view since it includes a lot of data presented in various ways. It's great for getting a comprehensive overview of everything that's happening in one place, but it can take some getting used.
Comment

Con
 Doesn't support git word-diff

--color-words, --word-diff, and related options are not available.
Comment

Con
 Not good with bare remote repos

Doesn't allow a straightforward interface with bare remotes.
Comment

Con
 Windows version isn't stable and behaves differently to the Mac one

Comment

Con
 Requires an account to install and use

Need an Atlassian account to install.
Comment

Pro
 Git-flow out of the box

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Pro
 Comprehensive interface

Developer focused and powerful options
Comment

Con
 Requires mono

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Pro
 No registration at all

Doesn't require registration to use.
Comment

Con
 Poor UI

Rich developer experience but awful interface.
Comment

Pro
 Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Comment

Con
 Few plugins

A small selection of plugins.
Comment

Pro
 Plugins

It comes with many plugins and you can build your own. Included by default are some very neat visualization tools for Repository metrics.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to add add action in the GUI

Right click to add a script to delete remote branch or tag...
Comment

Con
 Not multiplatform

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Pro
 Open source

Free and open source. Hop on their GitHub to contribute.
Comment

Con
 Embedded Git isn't powerful enough

You can do nothing but to track changes, stage them and commit. No history, visualization, rebasing or cherry-picking – these things are left to git console or external git client.
Comment

Pro
 Inline definition picking and usages finding

These features allow you to have a glance at code without opening it as a whole in a separate tab. Moreover, editing is allowed.
Comment

Pro
 Python support

Excellent Python plugin, originally created by Don Jayamanne, now hired by Microsoft to extend and maintain the extension.
Comment

Pro
 Integrated task runners

Task runners display lists of available tasks and performing these tasks is as simple as a click of the mouse.
Comment

Pro
 Ready to use out of the box

You don't need to configure and add plugins before being productive. However, you can add plugins if needed but for the basics you're well covered.
Comment

Pro
 Great performance

For a 'wrapped' web-based application, Visual Studio Code performs very well.
Comment

Pro
 Integrated terminal

There's no need to press alt+tab to go to a terminal: it is directly integrated into the editor. Shift+~ is a handy hotkey to toggle the integrated terminal.
Comment

Pro
 Embedded Git control

Visual Studio Code has integrated Git control, guaranteeing speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.
Comment

Pro
 Extendable through plug-ins

Visual Studio Code comes fairly complete out of the box, but there are many plug-ins available to extend its functionality.
Comment

Con
 A "me too" offering from MS, far behind other well established editors that it attempts to clone

Other IDEs specific to a language often offer better tools for deep programming.
Comment

Con
 The autocomplete and code check is not as powerful as the one on WebStorm

Sometimes it doesn't tell you if you made a typo in a method name or if a method is not used and several other important features.
Comment

Con
 Only on Mac

Only available for OSX, so if you are used to working with different OSes and you want the same tools in each of them, it's impossible to have that with GitUp.
Comment

Pro
 A truly visual interface to git repos

It's a radical departure from the other apps which all more-or-less just throw all the git actions into menus. GitUp is a visual editor for repos, branches, and commits. One can select and move commits with intuitive gestures.
Comment

Pro
 Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Comment

Pro
 Blazing fast

Fast Git GUI. Everything is already there and loaded when you open up the window.
Comment

Pro
 Fully featured

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Pro
 Full undo

You can backup, or edit commits, if you make a mistake.
Comment

Pro
 Allows doing complex things without memorizing git

Git usage beyond basic checkout/commit is arcane; GitUp lets you do things in git in seconds that would take you a half hour of research with the command line.
Comment

Con
 OS X Only

Only available for OSX, so if you are used to working with different OSes and you want the same tools in each of them, it's impossible to have that with GitUp.
Comment

Pro
 Crossplatform

Works on Linux, Mac and Windows
Comment

Pro
 Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Comment

Pro
 Very fast

Unlike Source Tree git-cola still works great even with a huge code base and a lot of changes.
Comment

Pro
 Minimalist interface

Simple to use and easy on the eyes.
Comment

Pro
 Shortcuts

git-cola implements a nice fast workflow where you do not need to touch the mouse based on a few keyboard shortcuts
Comment

Con
 Limited feature set

You sometimes need to touch the terminal in order to get certain things done.
Comment

Con
 Poor documentation and support

Comment

Pro
 Full unicode support

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Pro
 Pretty, modern-looking user interface

Tower has a good-looking interface and consists of 3 main views - services, repositories and repository. Services view for managing integrations with hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket and Beanstalk. Repositories view for organizing local and remote repositories into folders and getting general overview about them. Repo view that consists of two main subviews: Working copy view shows modified files and their diff and allows wrapping up changes in a commit. History shows commits alongside metadata and projects file structure. Additionally, it allows performing various tasks such as merging branches via drag & drop, search allows searching by message, commit hash, author, committer and file and there's a quick open that allows fuzzy-searching for folder names.
Comment

Pro
 Offers a visual way to solve conflicts

Tower shows conflicting files, their authors and the commit that made changes. It then allows selecting which files should be used in the final result.
Comment

Con
 Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.
Comment

Con
 Expensive

Costs $69 per year!
Comment

Con
 Inefficient UI

In order to not overwhelm the users with information, much of the information is either hidden by default or requires navigating to a different section to access.
Comment

Con
 Doesn't have a built in diff

Comment

Pro
 Github integration

Comment

Pro
 Very polished user interface

Comment

Pro
 Cherry-Picking via drag and drop

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Pro
 Git LFS

Tower comes with built-in support for Git LFS. Handy when working with large files.
Comment

Pro
 Git-flow integration

Git-flow provide a consistent development process by defining a strict branching model that is great for managing large projects. T2 allows setting up and integrating into repos that follow this model.
Comment

Con
 Stability issues on Windows

On a simple repository, the UI often lags or freezes.
Comment

Pro
 The UI only shows the needed commands at a time

Tower covers most of the daily tasks that a developer may need to complete. It shows only what you need for the most common tasks without overwhelming the user.
Comment

Pro
 Free for students

If you are a student, you can get your free Tower Pro license here.
Comment

Pro
 Interactive Rebase via Drag and Drop

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Pro
 Undo Support

Many Git actions can be undone in Tower simply by using the keyboard shortcut CMD+Z. Examples: Deleting branches and files, staging changes, rebasing & merging branches, or publishing a branch on a remote
Comment

Con
 Doesn't support Subtrees

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Pro
 GPG support

Tower offers user profiles. You can then connect GPG keys with your profiles, sign commits and see which commits have been signed and by who.
Comment

Con
 Can only display a single repo at a time

There's no quick way of switching between repositories (such as tabs).
Comment

Con
 Mac only

The application is only supported on OSX.
Comment

Pro
 Mac only

Not trying to be a least common denominator, cross platform app.
Comment

Pro
 Multi-platform

Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Comment

Pro
 All basic Git features included

Branches, Pull, Push, Fetch, Cherry-pick, Stash, Revert, Rebase...
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Pro
 It is now free and open source

No longer requires an account.
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Pro
 Qt-based

This means it is fast, looks great on any platform and integrates especially well with KDE.
Comment

Pro
 Fastest on Linux

Not based on web technologies and fastest to start and work with, yet featuring all required features.
Comment

Pro
 Designed to support repository exploration

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Pro
 Can link to most used git cloud providers

Link to gitlab, github and bitbucket accounts.
Comment

Con
 GitAhead is no longer under active development

GitAhead is no longer under active development. Low-level maintenance and bug fix releases will be made as necessary for the forseeable future, but no new features or major changes are planned at this time.
Comment

Con
 ?

Comment

Con
 Not free

Comment

Con
 Requires you to create a free account and renew the license periodically

Comment

Con
 Now is Open Source

Comment

Pro
 15 day free trial

Comment

Con
 Closed source

Comment

Con
 Windows only

No Linux or OSX versions available.
Comment

Pro
 Open source

Licensed under GPL.
Comment

Pro
 Windows context menu integration

Context menu enables access to common commands quickly.
Comment

Con
 Renames git commands

Makes things hard to find for people used to the git CLI.
Comment

Con
 Buggy file status icons

The file icons are also often buggy and do not reflect its true status. Often times the icon is missing and makes you think a file or folder is untracked, when it is already staged, or sometimes even already committed and pushed.
Comment

Con
 May clutter your Windows Explorer

If you have synced your dev folder to a cloud service, TortoiseGit's git status file icons will override your cloud provider's icons.
Comment

Con
 No support for staging

It does not support staging in any way. You'll never guess that this feature is exist in git.
Comment

Pro
 Can parse and provide a pretty log of all commits or filter by branch

Comment

Pro
 Convinient blaming tool

Very friendly blame tool. Easy to walk in the history of a file.
Comment

Pro
 Beautiful and simple

The UI is very straightforward, once you open it, you can browse your computer to find an existing git repository and open it in the app. Once opened you can browse commits and view remotes immediately. It also allows you to browse the files and preview them. There's also a commit view which shows past commit messages, as well as unstaged and untracked commits.
Comment

Con
 Slow on large repositories

Often stops responding and crashes, especially when viewing a branch that has diverged not so recently.
Comment

Pro
 GNOME integration

Gitg is a GNOME project and as such integrates well with the platform.
Comment

Pro
 Free software

Gitg is free and open source software (FOSS).
Comment

Pro
 Client side decoration (CSD)

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 Some git features are missing

There are some key/authentication issues.
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 Fast, configurable, cross-platform

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 Can't select multiple files for various actions

So you need to do each item one at a time which can be slow with many files.
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 Complicated requirements

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 Windows available

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 Limited

Can't handle complex tasks. The Help Manual advises to use command-line Git instead.
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 Great GitHub integration

This is the official GitHub desktop client built by the GitHub team.
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 Simple, streamlined GUI

GitHub Desktop uses an extremely simplistic two-panel view. It's not capable of complex historical visualisations like other GUIs, but it is very easy to use (especially for git novices).
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 Does not support multiple Remotes for a repo

Only allowed to assign one URL as remote. To manage/sync/fetch other remotes, use command-line Git instead.
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 Overly Simplified UI

UI that is designed not to support the needs of power and enterprise users. Management of more than five repos is next to impossible.
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 Supports pull requests

In addition to being able to seamlessly and easily integrate with all of GitHub's features, it also supports forking and submitting pull requests on any open source project hosted on GitHub.
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 Buggy

Poster child for authors' programming ideology (FRP), likely the cause for the odd quirks and bugs it has.
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 Not free/libre

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.
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 No Linux support

There's no Linux version of this client.
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 Non-GitHub repositories are not fully supported

Since this is mainly a GitHub client, other repositories are not fully supported and with as many features and setting up a repo hosted anywhere else but GitHub is troublesome.
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 Incomplete feature set

For e.g. Cannot do re-base, cherry-pick, commit chunks, stash.
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 Node.js dependent

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 Setup is not user-friendly

Ungit is distributed as an NPM package and requires git and Node.js to be installed on your system before you can run it. Ungit must be launched by running ungit in a command line terminal.
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 Free and Open Source Software

Ungit is open source software available under the MIT Licence.
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 Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Linux, and OS X.
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 Optional Integration with Modern Text Editors

Ungit can be integrated directly into modern text editors, Atom, Brackets, and VS Code.
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 Web-based interface

Ungit is web-based, meaning you can run it on your cloud/pure shell machine and then use the UI from your browser.
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 Exposes git commands to your network

No authentication, if someone can communicate with your computer on the port this is running on, they can execute any git command they want on your repos as well as view your filesystem's folders.
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 Editable diff

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 Show diff

Shows file diffs in a similar fashion to github desktop
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 Ease of use

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 Can't see history

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 Requires registration

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 License does not respect your privacy

Think twice before you use the application. Check the license aggreement . You agree that each and every e-mail address, which You use to commit changes into a Git repository, may be automatically sent to and stored by Nezaboodka for verification purposes; You agree with Nezaboodka's and their partners' advertising to be shown by the Software and to be sent to Your registration e-mail;
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 Clear interface

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 Sloppy interface

The interface feels cobbled together and not refined.
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 Full-fledged wide diff out of the box

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 Easy to use

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 Not stable enough

Only beta version is available.
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 Requires registration/account to use

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 Native

Not based on web technologies so it doesn't carry the same weight and performance implications.
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 Visual

Lays out the repository in a visual way that makes sense and paints a clear picture of what is going on.
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 Semantic Diff and Merge Tools for most languages

This includes C#, Java, C, C++, VB.Net, and Delphi.
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 Ugly

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 Simple interface

This may be a con to some people, but if you're a command-line person, then you only need your GUI to do what GUIs are good at (diffing, merging, history tree visualization). And this tool, with its semantic diffing and merging, is the best at those things.
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 Visual Studio extension

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 Windows software

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 Very fast and intuitive

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 Not very trustworthy

Installer is downloaded from Dropbox, contact is a Gmail address. No postal address, no additional information (like company or alike). Payment needs postal code and is possible via Paypal or credit card only, licenses are purchased PER YEAR, something you won't find a hint about on the site. Speaking of which, it is a bitbucket.io subpage.
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 Poor documentation

The documentation isn't very detailed and does not do a good job at explaining everything.
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 Paid

Not free.
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 Has a graphical compare and merge tool

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 Great for those starting out with git

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 Native GitHub GUI support via GitHub Eclipse plugin

GitEye can be integrated with the GitHub Eclipse plugin to have support for GitHub.
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 Custom commands can be defined that allow launching third-party tools

If you are using a lot of third-part tools besides GitEye, you can set up shortcuts to launch them easily from inside GitEye, greatly improving your workflow.
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 Closed source

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 Fresh approach to exposing Git's complex functionality

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 Makes git understandable

You see a visual explanation of all the commands that you can use in each phase of the workflow in git.
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 Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Uses the Electron framework, which is heavyweight but very consistent across platforms.
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 MacOS only

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 Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
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 Context based help

No need to memorize a ton of keys or crawl man pages, gitui only Shows you the valid keys depending on your current context.
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 Intuitive key shortcuts

Perfect for developers who hate to leave their keyboard.
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 Very fast even in massive repos

Most alternatives crash or run out of memory when opening 1M+ commits repos line Linux.
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 Terminal is not for everyone

It fills a niche between full-blown GUI apps and the bare git CLI.
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 Lacks some features

It’s still in active development and catches up quickly.
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 Free and open source

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 Crossplatform

Supports macOS, Linux, and Windows.
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 Branch comparison tool

This is different, and I haven't seen similar before. It allows easy comparisons between branches. This means you can see when the commits are the same, or very similar.
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 Modern and slick user interface

It's all pretty intuitive.
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 No internal file diff currently

There's no internal way of comparing files, although this is on the way apparently.
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 Cross platform

It has native Linux, Windows and Mac clients.
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 Free

As of version 0.38.2 there is no paid features or license.
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 Limited features

As it is in a new application in development it has a limited feature set if you are a power user.
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 Not open-source

Developer has shared the UI components to GitHub but not the source code of the application.
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 Very fast

When you want to push a commit as soon as possible, you can still run tig to make sure everything is right. No need to wait, it comes up almost instantaneously.
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 Works over ssh

Being a text program, tig runs on remote hosts just as well as it does on the local machine.
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 Free/libre

This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
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 Vim-like bindings

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 Allows you to stay in the terminal

If you prefer to do most of your development inside the terminal, changing windows to move to a GUI git client can be annoying. Since tig runs inside the terminal, that's avoided.
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 Works on any platform

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 Steeper barrier to entry as compared to a GUI solution

Since you have to get used to working in the terminal (if you are not already used to doing that) and learn the commands, it has a steeper learning curve than GUI clients which are usually more intuitive and easier to grasp.
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 Not a GUI application

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 Complex interface

Tig has text mode "windows" that can be focused and unfocused. Key actions depend on the focus. Some keys affect the inactive window. Shortcuts are non-intuitive and hard to remember.
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 Fast

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 Full-featured

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 Useful only for people who use Emacs

Magit is only useful if your text editor of choice is Emacs. It wouldn't really make any sense to open up emacs just to run Magit if you use another editor.
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 Cross-platform

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 Runs inside Emacs

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 Multiple buffers are used to show contextual information

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 Detailed documentation

Magit comes with a very detailed manual. And the manual has just been rewritten from scratch - Magit is now probably the candidate with the most extensive documentation, second only to Git itself.
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 Powerful rebasing

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 Blame information can be viewed inline with the file

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 Stage hunks or even just parts of a hunk using a single key press

In Magit staging a hunk or even just part of a hunk is very easy. Magit also implements several other "apply variants" in addition to staging and unstaging. For example: you can also discard or reverse a change, or apply it to the working tree.
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 Better visualization and interactive workflow

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 Easy to remember mnemonics

You can easily learn the mnemonics for the most common tasks and use them to your advantage to speed up your workflow.
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 Uninterrupted workflow for common tasks

Simple tasks, such as commits, can quickly be made without leaving the editor.
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 Diffs are easy

Since it's integrated with Emacs, diffs are very easy to fix. You can jump right to any file you want to fix as soon as it comes up in the logs or in the status view.
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 Works pretty flawlessly with Emacs Vim emulation

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 Best workflow

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