When comparing tig vs gmaster, the Slant community recommends tig for most people. In the question“What are the best Git clients for Windows?” tig is ranked 5th while gmaster is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose tig is:
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.
Specs
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Pros
Pro 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.
Pro Fast
Pro Vim-like bindings
Pro Available in Homebrew
Can easily be installed with homebrew simply by running brew install tig
Pro Works on any platform
Pro Semantic Diff and Merge Tools for most languages
This includes C#, Java, C, C++, VB.Net, and Delphi.
Pro Visual
Lays out the repository in a visual way that makes sense and paints a clear picture of what is going on.
Pro Native
Not based on web technologies so it doesn't carry the same weight and performance implications.
Cons
Con 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.
Con Requires registration/account to use (Outdated, not longer correct)
Con No proper Uninstaller
No good way to uninstall the program, at least for the time being.