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SourceTree

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Followers83

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SourceTree vs TortoiseGit: What are the differences?

Developers describe SourceTree as "A free Git GUI client for Windows and macOS". Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface. On the other hand, TortoiseGit is detailed as "The Power of Git in a Windows Shell". It is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Windows shell extension and based on TortoiseSVN. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

SourceTree and TortoiseGit are primarily classified as "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" and "Git" tools respectively.

Decisions about SourceTree and TortoiseGit

Stefan Papp

Jan 19, 2020 | 4 upvotes · 162.2K views

Chose

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I explored many Git Desktop tools for the Mac and my final decision was to use Fork. What I love about for that it contains three features, I like about a Git Client tool.

It allows * to handle day to day git operations (least important for me as I am cli junkie) * it helps to investigate the history * most important of all, it has a repo manager which many other tools are missing.

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Pros of SourceTree

Pros of TortoiseGit

205
Visual history and branch view
164
Beautiful UI
134
Easy repository browsing
87
Gitflow support
75
Interactive stage or discard by hunks or lines
22
Great branch visualization
18
Ui/ux and user-friendliness
8
Best Git Client UI/Features
7
Search commit messages
5
Available for Windows and macOS
1
Log only one file
1
Search file content

4
Turns Explorer into a git client
1
Free

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Cons of SourceTree

Cons of TortoiseGit

12
Crashes often
8
So many bugs
7
Fetching is slow sometimes
5
No dark theme (Windows)
5
Extremely slow
5
Very unstable
4
Can't select text in diff (windows)
3
Freezes quite frequently
3
Can't scale window from top corners
2
UI blinking
2
Windows version worse than mac version
2
Installs to AppData folder (windows)
2
Diff makes tab indentation look like spaces
2
Windows and Mac versions are very different
2
Diff appears as if space indented even if its tabs
2
Doesn't have an option for git init
2
Useless for merge conflict resolution
2
Doesn't differentiate submodules from parent repos
2
Requires bitbucket account
1
Generally hard to like
1
No reflog support
1
Bases binary check on filesize
1
Can't add remotes by right clicking remotes (windows)

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What is SourceTree?

Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface.

What is TortoiseGit?

It is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Windows shell extension and based on TortoiseSVN. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

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What are some alternatives to SourceTree and TortoiseGit?

GitKraken

The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.

Bitbucket

Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.

Tower

Use all of Git's powerful feature set - in a GUI that makes you more productive.

GitHub

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

Fork

Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly.

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