When comparing Gitg vs Git Extensions, the Slant community recommends Git Extensions for most people. In the question“What are the best visual git GUIs?” Git Extensions is ranked 5th while Gitg is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Git Extensions is:
Developer focused and powerful options
Specs
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Pros
Pro Client side decoration (CSD)
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.
Pro Comprehensive interface
Developer focused and powerful options
Pro No registration at all
Doesn't require registration to use.
Pro Free/libre
This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
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.
Pro Easy to add add action in the GUI
Right click to add a script to delete remote branch or tag...
Cons
Con Some git features are missing
There are some key/authentication issues.
Con Slow on large repositories
Con Requires mono
Con Poor UI
Rich developer experience but awful interface.
Con Few plugins
A small selection of plugins.