SourceTree
Ralic Lo
Jun 28, 2016
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SourceTree
Version ControlWhat 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.
SourceTree is a tool in the Version Control category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Full-powered DVCSCreate, clone, commit, push, pull, merge, and more are all just a click away.Review your outgoing and incoming changesets, cherry-pick between branches, patch handling, rebase, stash, shelve, and much more.Use Git-flow and Hg-flow with ease. Keep your repositories cleaner and your development more efficient with SourceTree's intuitive interface to Git and Hg's 'branchy' development model.
SourceTree Pros & Cons
Pros of SourceTree
- ✓Visual history and branch view
- ✓Beautiful UI
- ✓Easy repository browsing
- ✓Gitflow support
- ✓Interactive stage or discard by hunks or lines
- ✓Great branch visualization
- ✓Ui/ux and user-friendliness
- ✓Best Git Client UI/Features
- ✓Search commit messages
- ✓Available for Windows and macOS
Cons of SourceTree
- ✗Crashes often
- ✗So many bugs
- ✗Fetching is slow sometimes
- ✗Extremely slow
- ✗No dark theme (Windows)
- ✗Very unstable
- ✗Can't select text in diff (windows)
- ✗Can't scale window from top corners
- ✗Freezes quite frequently
- ✗Diff appears as if space indented even if its tabs
SourceTree Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to SourceTree?
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
SVN (Subversion)
Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.
GitKraken
The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.
pre-commit
pre-commit checks your code for errors before you commit it. pre-commit is configurable.
