When comparing Sublime Merge vs git-cola, the Slant community recommends git-cola for most people. In the question“What are the best Git clients for macOS?” git-cola is ranked 18th while Sublime Merge is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose git-cola is:
This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Fast
This is one the fastest client we've found for switching around them.
Pro Actual git commands are visible/editable
Most actions have an option where it will show the actual Git command it's going to run, and you can modify it in place. Very handy if you need to use some obscure option, and also good training for learning command-line operations.
Pro Easy for beginners
This helps to see more complexity and it's very easy to get started with.
Pro Free software
This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Pro Full unicode support
Pro Minimalist interface
Pro Available in Homebrew
Can be easily installed through homebrew by running brew install git-cola
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Cons
Con Slim feature set
Con Dark theme behind paywall
The evaluation version is fully functional, but is restricted to the light theme only.
Con Limited feature set
You sometimes need to touch the terminal in order to get certain things done.